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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With Rules Deduced from the Genius of Our Language, and the Examples of the Poets Asa Humphrey. VERI TAS HARVARD COLLEGE LIBRARY THE ENGLISH PROSODY : PROSODY : WITH RULES DEDUCED FROM. 10458.9.10.
With Rules Deduced from the Genius of Our Language, and the Examples of the Poets Asa Humphrey. VERI TAS HARVARD COLLEGE LIBRARY THE ENGLISH PROSODY : PROSODY : WITH RULES DEDUCED FROM. 10458.9.10.
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... prosody has received but little attention , and remains in a crude and defective state . The writer of this has taken upon himself the task of writing a system of English Grammar , of which the following treatise on Prosody is a part ...
... prosody has received but little attention , and remains in a crude and defective state . The writer of this has taken upon himself the task of writing a system of English Grammar , of which the following treatise on Prosody is a part ...
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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