The English Prosody: With Rules Deduced from the Genius of Our Language, and the Examples of the Poets |
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Page 25
... compositions ; and in this way are com- monly used . But the two last cited are not so well adapted to simplicity of style , as those which are more simple in structure . 8. Another kind of stanza is formed of four pentame- 3 PROSODY . 25.
... compositions ; and in this way are com- monly used . But the two last cited are not so well adapted to simplicity of style , as those which are more simple in structure . 8. Another kind of stanza is formed of four pentame- 3 PROSODY . 25.
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... style , is pre- ferable . Rhyme also adds force of expression , and keenness to the satire ; and the quatrain stanza is well adapted to the elegy . The different metres also have their uses : the pentameter line is well adapted to epic ...
... style , is pre- ferable . Rhyme also adds force of expression , and keenness to the satire ; and the quatrain stanza is well adapted to the elegy . The different metres also have their uses : the pentameter line is well adapted to epic ...
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... style should be simple , and the arrangements simple and harmo- nious . These remarks , which are intended as applying to Pindaric compositions more directly , may apply also to other odes , and to other kinds of verse , occasionally ...
... style should be simple , and the arrangements simple and harmo- nious . These remarks , which are intended as applying to Pindaric compositions more directly , may apply also to other odes , and to other kinds of verse , occasionally ...
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... styles the greater , lord . " - Young . By Spondees . Spondees are frequently used in iambic verse , and serve to diversify the numbers , and also as expressions , or figures of sound ; as , when an important , weighty , or solemn ...
... styles the greater , lord . " - Young . By Spondees . Spondees are frequently used in iambic verse , and serve to diversify the numbers , and also as expressions , or figures of sound ; as , when an important , weighty , or solemn ...
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... style , but also in the flow of their numbers , and modes of diversi- fying . Pope has been considered a model for versification , and for the diversification of his numbers . He did indeed excel in this respect , and his verse may ...
... style , but also in the flow of their numbers , and modes of diversi- fying . Pope has been considered a model for versification , and for the diversification of his numbers . He did indeed excel in this respect , and his verse may ...
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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