The English Prosody: With Rules Deduced from the Genius of Our Language, and the Examples of the PoetsCrocker, 1847 - 152 pages |
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... o'er | the wide heath | the bitter blast did blow . " 2 . Anon . Another kind of verse is composed of anapæsts and iambics , alternately ; as , in the following . " They are burst | ing fresh | from their spar ry caves ; And the earth ...
... o'er | the wide heath | the bitter blast did blow . " 2 . Anon . Another kind of verse is composed of anapæsts and iambics , alternately ; as , in the following . " They are burst | ing fresh | from their spar ry caves ; And the earth ...
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... | a mightier foe Had ne'er swung | the battle- | axe o'er him ; But hope nerv'd | his arm for | a desper | ate blow , And Tecumseh | fell prostrate | before him . " This stanza was cited from a well written poem ; PROSODY . 27.
... | a mightier foe Had ne'er swung | the battle- | axe o'er him ; But hope nerv'd | his arm for | a desper | ate blow , And Tecumseh | fell prostrate | before him . " This stanza was cited from a well written poem ; PROSODY . 27.
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... o'er the strand that confin'd them : But presume not again to give freedom a law , Nor think , with the chains they have broken , to bind them . " These two kinds of verse , anapæstic and amphibrachic , being similar in measure and ...
... o'er the strand that confin'd them : But presume not again to give freedom a law , Nor think , with the chains they have broken , to bind them . " These two kinds of verse , anapæstic and amphibrachic , being similar in measure and ...
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... O'er murmuring Egypt's head ; And that which angels drew O'er nature's face when Jesus died ; Which sleeping ghosts for this mistook And rising , off their hanging funerals shook ; And fleeting past , exposed their bloodless breasts to ...
... O'er murmuring Egypt's head ; And that which angels drew O'er nature's face when Jesus died ; Which sleeping ghosts for this mistook And rising , off their hanging funerals shook ; And fleeting past , exposed their bloodless breasts to ...
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... o'er half th ' astonish'd isle , And strew'd , with sudden carcases , the land . " - Armstrong . It is sometimes proper to begin a new paragraph with a trochee , especially so , when the subject is rising in ani- mated description . It ...
... o'er half th ' astonish'd isle , And strew'd , with sudden carcases , the land . " - Armstrong . It is sometimes proper to begin a new paragraph with a trochee , especially so , when the subject is rising in ani- mated description . It ...
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accent and cadence adapted amphibrachic verse amphimac anapæstic verse ănd antibacchy antient arranged bacchy bards blank verse cæsural pause called CHAPTER Cite examples comma marks common Composite Orders couplet dactyle descriptive different kinds emphasis English prosody foot foregoing four feet metre genius grammar Greeks half spondee harmony hence iambic verse iambus irregular kinds of feet kinds of verse language long and short lyre lyric manner melody mode of scansion moloss monosyllable movement nature necessary numbers o'er observed in reading Orthoepy pertaining to verse Pindaric poem poetic pauses poetical composition poetry poets principles proper properly pyrrhic Questions and Exercises reading verse regular correspondence regular order rhyme rules and precepts Sapphic Sappho SECT sentiment sheer iambic short quantity short syllables sometimes song sounds and pauses species stanza strophe style syntax pauses technical terms thě thee thou tion tones Tribrachs trochaic verse trochee verse is composed versification voice words