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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... thě | fierce north - wind , | with his | airy | forces Rears up the Baltic | to ǎ | foaming | füry ; And the red lightning | with ǎ | storm of | hail comes Rushing | ǎmain down . ” — Watts . These lines are good English sapphics , and ...
... thě | fierce north - wind , | with his | airy | forces Rears up the Baltic | to ǎ | foaming | füry ; And the red lightning | with ǎ | storm of | hail comes Rushing | ǎmain down . ” — Watts . These lines are good English sapphics , and ...
Page 20
... thě zephyr , | whose least | breath , ō'er Thy tender string moving , is felt | by thee ; Harp of the whirlwind , whose fearful | ěst roar Căn ărouse | thěe to nought | bút hãi | mony . ” poem is not intended for an example of regular ...
... thě zephyr , | whose least | breath , ō'er Thy tender string moving , is felt | by thee ; Harp of the whirlwind , whose fearful | ěst roar Căn ărouse | thěe to nought | bút hãi | mony . ” poem is not intended for an example of regular ...
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... thě soul . " — -Ossian . - a This is a species of verse , unlike to all others : it being without form , like other poems , without metre , and without order in the arrangement of its feet , or its numbers ; and may , perhaps , not ...
... thě soul . " — -Ossian . - a This is a species of verse , unlike to all others : it being without form , like other poems , without metre , and without order in the arrangement of its feet , or its numbers ; and may , perhaps , not ...
Page 43
... thě | godlike man , When , from his lofty couch , he thus began . " " When panting virtue her last efforts made , You brought your Cli | Ŏ to | the virgin's aid . " Dryden's V. Compliment to Addison . Pyrrhics are sometimes properly ...
... thě | godlike man , When , from his lofty couch , he thus began . " " When panting virtue her last efforts made , You brought your Cli | Ŏ to | the virgin's aid . " Dryden's V. Compliment to Addison . Pyrrhics are sometimes properly ...
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... thě deep | blue sky , From the night- | bird's lay | through the star | ry time , In the groves of the soft | Hěspé | rian clime , To the swan's | wild nōte | by thě | Iceland lakes , When the dark | fir - bōugh | into vēr | dŭre breaks ...
... thě deep | blue sky , From the night- | bird's lay | through the star | ry time , In the groves of the soft | Hěspé | rian clime , To the swan's | wild nōte | by thě | Iceland lakes , When the dark | fir - bōugh | into vēr | dŭre breaks ...
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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