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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... country , from whose bourn No traveller returns , - puzzles the will ; And makes us rather bear the ills we have , Than fly to others that we know not of ! Thus conscience does make cowards of us all ; And thus the native hue of ...
... country , from whose bourn No traveller returns , - puzzles the will ; And makes us rather bear the ills we have , Than fly to others that we know not of ! Thus conscience does make cowards of us all ; And thus the native hue of ...
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The English Prosody; with Rules Deduced from the Genius of Our Language, and ... Asa Humphrey No preview available - 2013 |
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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