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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... sentiments we utter . They are taught by nature , and are various , as circumstances require : solemn or airy , interrogative or responsive , plaintive , mournful mology and syntax , with theirs , prosody comes next PROSODY . 3.
... sentiments we utter . They are taught by nature , and are various , as circumstances require : solemn or airy , interrogative or responsive , plaintive , mournful mology and syntax , with theirs , prosody comes next PROSODY . 3.
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... sentiments we utter . They are taught by nature , and are various , as circumstances require : solemn or airy , interrogative or responsive , plaintive , mournful 1 pathetic , animated , inviting , entreating , commanding PROSODY . 3 Of ...
... sentiments we utter . They are taught by nature , and are various , as circumstances require : solemn or airy , interrogative or responsive , plaintive , mournful 1 pathetic , animated , inviting , entreating , commanding PROSODY . 3 Of ...
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... sentiments we utter . They are taught by nature , and are various , as circumstances require : solemn or airy , interrogative or responsive , plaintive , mournful \ pathetic , animated , inviting , entreating , commanding PROSODY . 3.
... sentiments we utter . They are taught by nature , and are various , as circumstances require : solemn or airy , interrogative or responsive , plaintive , mournful \ pathetic , animated , inviting , entreating , commanding PROSODY . 3.
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... sentiment , animation and pathos , frequently introduced the spondee , from whom I will adduce one more example : " Those overwhelming armies , whose command Said to one empire , fall ; another , stand ; Whose rear lay wrapt in night ...
... sentiment , animation and pathos , frequently introduced the spondee , from whom I will adduce one more example : " Those overwhelming armies , whose command Said to one empire , fall ; another , stand ; Whose rear lay wrapt in night ...
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... sentiment inferior to none ; and as a versifier , inferior only to Pope and a few others . His verse was generally adapted to his subject , and his numbers properly diversified : if he erred in this respect , it 5 PROSODY . 49 Remarks ...
... sentiment inferior to none ; and as a versifier , inferior only to Pope and a few others . His verse was generally adapted to his subject , and his numbers properly diversified : if he erred in this respect , it 5 PROSODY . 49 Remarks ...
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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