A Treatise on VersificationF. & J. Rivington, 1852 - 169 páginas |
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... Alliteration . 107 CHAPTER XIII . On Rhyme 113 CHAPTER XIV . On the Modern Recitation of Ancient Verse 123 CHAPTER XV . On the Accentuated Hexameter . 131 CHAPTER XVI . On the Modern Hexameter 138 CHAPTER XVII . On Stanzaic Poetry 146 ...
... Alliteration . 107 CHAPTER XIII . On Rhyme 113 CHAPTER XIV . On the Modern Recitation of Ancient Verse 123 CHAPTER XV . On the Accentuated Hexameter . 131 CHAPTER XVI . On the Modern Hexameter 138 CHAPTER XVII . On Stanzaic Poetry 146 ...
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... voice alone , it has nothing really to do with alliteration or rhyme , or any of the variable accidents of mere articulation , though these may be taken additionally into the account for the B 2 OF VERSE IN GENERAL . 3.
... voice alone , it has nothing really to do with alliteration or rhyme , or any of the variable accidents of mere articulation , though these may be taken additionally into the account for the B 2 OF VERSE IN GENERAL . 3.
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... alliteration . In like manner how significantly expressive of the heaviness of heart , and slow pon- dering of mind of Edipus , is that line ŒŒd . T. 738 , ' Ω Ζεῦ , τί μου δρᾶσαι | βεβούλευσαι πέρι ; where the monotony arising from the ...
... alliteration . In like manner how significantly expressive of the heaviness of heart , and slow pon- dering of mind of Edipus , is that line ŒŒd . T. 738 , ' Ω Ζεῦ , τί μου δρᾶσαι | βεβούλευσαι πέρι ; where the monotony arising from the ...
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... being repeated , and forming thus a se- condary ornament in detail , answering to the pri- mary and necessary parts of the structure of verse . 107 CHAPTER XII . ON ALLITERATION . 83. ALLITERATION means 106 ON THE EXPRESSION , & C .
... being repeated , and forming thus a se- condary ornament in detail , answering to the pri- mary and necessary parts of the structure of verse . 107 CHAPTER XII . ON ALLITERATION . 83. ALLITERATION means 106 ON THE EXPRESSION , & C .
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Robert Wilson Evans. 107 CHAPTER XII . ON ALLITERATION . 83. ALLITERATION means the agreement of syl- lables in their component letters . According to this definition of it , Rhyme is included in it . It is however commonly restricted to ...
Robert Wilson Evans. 107 CHAPTER XII . ON ALLITERATION . 83. ALLITERATION means the agreement of syl- lables in their component letters . According to this definition of it , Rhyme is included in it . It is however commonly restricted to ...
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ab'b ab'b ább áb accent according admits Alexandrine alliteration allowed amphibrach anapæst ancient measures arising basis bisecting pause cæsura close common commonly consonant construction couplet cretic dactyl dissyllable divided Dryden effect employed English epic poetry example expression fall favourite feet fifth foot former fourth French Georgics gives Greek Greek and Latin harmony Hence heroic hexameter Homer iambic iambus Iliad Italian lable lætas language Latin latter length licence long syllable lyric poetry marked ment metre middle Milton modern tongues monosyllabic monosyllables monotony narrative nature number of pauses number of syllables occur Pindar poem poets pronounced pronunciation proportion prose quæ quantity quatrain recitation recurrence repetition rhyme rule seems segetes sense short syllable song Sophocles sound Spenser spondee stanza stop stress substitution tained tercet termination tetrameters third foot tragic tribrach trimeter trochaic pause trochee unrhymed variety verse versification Virgil vowel word
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