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... metre , strong , rapid , easily variable , and , though not directly intended for that purpose , very apt for recitation . If you sit down to read Sigurd , you will find that you are very soon reading it aloud ; not mentally aloud , as ...
... metre , strong , rapid , easily variable , and , though not directly intended for that purpose , very apt for recitation . If you sit down to read Sigurd , you will find that you are very soon reading it aloud ; not mentally aloud , as ...
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... metre , which served admirably for describing the descent of the Assyrian ; and he tried to write love lyrics in the same metre , with the deplorable results which we know.1 Whereas nothing could be more perfect than the ottava rima of ...
... metre , which served admirably for describing the descent of the Assyrian ; and he tried to write love lyrics in the same metre , with the deplorable results which we know.1 Whereas nothing could be more perfect than the ottava rima of ...
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... metre of Sigurd . As a primitive epic metre must be , it is rapid in movement , marked in rhythm , and capable of great variety . Morris used it with astonishing skill . It is a metre which may at any moment degenerate into the worst ...
... metre of Sigurd . As a primitive epic metre must be , it is rapid in movement , marked in rhythm , and capable of great variety . Morris used it with astonishing skill . It is a metre which may at any moment degenerate into the worst ...
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