The English Prosody: With Rules Deduced from the Genius of Our Language, and the Examples of the Poets |
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... marks a pause the length of three syllables . A period marks a pause the length of four syllables . The interrogation and exclamation pauses are of vari- ous lengths , as they sometimes terminate , each , 6 ENGLISH GRAMMAR . -Of Pauses.
... marks a pause the length of three syllables . A period marks a pause the length of four syllables . The interrogation and exclamation pauses are of vari- ous lengths , as they sometimes terminate , each , 6 ENGLISH GRAMMAR . -Of Pauses.
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... sometimes terminate , each , a whole sentence , and sometimes not . The pause , marked by the dash , is of various lengths , as its situ- ation , and the manner in which it is used , may require : being sometimes longer , and sometimes ...
... sometimes terminate , each , a whole sentence , and sometimes not . The pause , marked by the dash , is of various lengths , as its situ- ation , and the manner in which it is used , may require : being sometimes longer , and sometimes ...
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... sometimes used in pentameter compositions , and sometimes in odes , to diversify the metre . The seven feet metre is sometimes used ; but not frequently in modern times . Iambic verse , being most natural to the idioms of our language ...
... sometimes used in pentameter compositions , and sometimes in odes , to diversify the metre . The seven feet metre is sometimes used ; but not frequently in modern times . Iambic verse , being most natural to the idioms of our language ...
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... pleasing to the ear , and well adapted to cheerful and humourous compositions ; and sometimes to elegiac composi- tions , and subjects important and solemn . Of Dactyle Verse . Dactyle verse is seldom used , 2 * PROSODY . 17.
... pleasing to the ear , and well adapted to cheerful and humourous compositions ; and sometimes to elegiac composi- tions , and subjects important and solemn . Of Dactyle Verse . Dactyle verse is seldom used , 2 * PROSODY . 17.
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... sometimes , occasionally , a trochee , in- stead of a spondee , at the end . - · | - - - | 00 : | = 0 | · But as our ... sometimes an amphibrach , with a full force of accent , or full sounding quantity . And sometimes , also , in lieu ...
... sometimes , occasionally , a trochee , in- stead of a spondee , at the end . - · | - - - | 00 : | = 0 | · But as our ... sometimes an amphibrach , with a full force of accent , or full sounding quantity . And sometimes , also , in lieu ...
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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