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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... occur where they may be needed , for the purpose last mentioned , in verse , two other pauses , called poetic pauses , pertain to verse , and are occasionally used , when the syntax pauses are wanting , and which may here be noticed ...
... occur where they may be needed , for the purpose last mentioned , in verse , two other pauses , called poetic pauses , pertain to verse , and are occasionally used , when the syntax pauses are wanting , and which may here be noticed ...
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... occur in our English compositions ; and when they do , may be formed of some important monosyllable words , nouns , adjectives , & c . - as , in the following : " The deep damp vault . " " The great south sea . " " A great white thrōne ...
... occur in our English compositions ; and when they do , may be formed of some important monosyllable words , nouns , adjectives , & c . - as , in the following : " The deep damp vault . " " The great south sea . " " A great white thrōne ...
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... occur , and when they do , by a regular gradation of metre . By these frequent failures , in the distribution of rhyme and metre , a rhythmus of sound is not produced , and the ear is not satisfied . In Pindaric odes , which are ...
... occur , and when they do , by a regular gradation of metre . By these frequent failures , in the distribution of rhyme and metre , a rhythmus of sound is not produced , and the ear is not satisfied . In Pindaric odes , which are ...
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... occurs , how are rules to be deduced from these examples ? In answer to this it is said , that , after the examples of our best poets , they are to be used , occasionally , to diversify the numbers . On this point , Murray has expressed ...
... occurs , how are rules to be deduced from these examples ? In answer to this it is said , that , after the examples of our best poets , they are to be used , occasionally , to diversify the numbers . On this point , Murray has expressed ...
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... and forms , and by means of the various sounds of language , has , in numerous instances , added force and beauty to expression . But here it is observable that certain cases occur , when a continued order 38 ENGLISH GRAMMAR .
... and forms , and by means of the various sounds of language , has , in numerous instances , added force and beauty to expression . But here it is observable that certain cases occur , when a continued order 38 ENGLISH GRAMMAR .
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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