The English Prosody: With Rules Deduced from the Genius of Our Language, and the Examples of the Poets |
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... Thou call'st her child | rèn ǎ hap | py band . " Hemans . The above described are the various kinds of verse , which are commonly found in our English compositions , which are composed by a regular order of construction , and are ...
... Thou call'st her child | rèn ǎ hap | py band . " Hemans . The above described are the various kinds of verse , which are commonly found in our English compositions , which are composed by a regular order of construction , and are ...
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... Thou tamer of the human breast , Whose iron scourge , and tort'ring hour , The bad affright , afflict the best ! Bound in thy adamantine chain , The proud are taught to taste of pain , And purple tyrants vainly groan With pangs unfelt ...
... Thou tamer of the human breast , Whose iron scourge , and tort'ring hour , The bad affright , afflict the best ! Bound in thy adamantine chain , The proud are taught to taste of pain , And purple tyrants vainly groan With pangs unfelt ...
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... thou return again . " SECTION VI . - Anapastic Verse . Anapæstic verse , as was seen in Chapter III . is of two species : one consisting of anapæsts wholly ; and the other with the first foot in the line iambic : these are the two ...
... thou return again . " SECTION VI . - Anapastic Verse . Anapæstic verse , as was seen in Chapter III . is of two species : one consisting of anapæsts wholly ; and the other with the first foot in the line iambic : these are the two ...
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... thou that rollest above , round as the shield of my fathers ! Whence are thy beams , O sun ! thou everlasting light ? Thou comest forth in thy awful beauty , and the stars hide themselves in the sky ; The moon , cold and pale , sinks in ...
... thou that rollest above , round as the shield of my fathers ! Whence are thy beams , O sun ! thou everlasting light ? Thou comest forth in thy awful beauty , and the stars hide themselves in the sky ; The moon , cold and pale , sinks in ...
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... thou art forever the same , rejoicing in the brightness of thy course . When the world is dark with tempests ; when thunder rolls and lightning flies ; Thou lookest in thy beauty from the clouds , and laughest at the storm . But to ...
... thou art forever the same , rejoicing in the brightness of thy course . When the world is dark with tempests ; when thunder rolls and lightning flies ; Thou lookest in thy beauty from the clouds , and laughest at the storm . But to ...
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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