A Treatise on VersificationF. & J. Rivington, 1852 - 169 Seiten |
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... English grammarians have asserted , that in nineteen out of twenty of our words it is utterly indifferent whether we pronounce them long or short ; and others have maintained that , 1 It should be borne in mind that in our prosody , two ...
... English grammarians have asserted , that in nineteen out of twenty of our words it is utterly indifferent whether we pronounce them long or short ; and others have maintained that , 1 It should be borne in mind that in our prosody , two ...
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... English words . 22. The next in order are trisyllabic , affording two syllables for the interval , as in the Latin word sidera , and our English word harmony , and in c 2 27 27 CHAPTER IV On the Construction of a Verse.
... English words . 22. The next in order are trisyllabic , affording two syllables for the interval , as in the Latin word sidera , and our English word harmony , and in c 2 27 27 CHAPTER IV On the Construction of a Verse.
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Robert Wilson Evans. sidera , and our English word harmony , and in the Latin word segetēs , and our English word maga- zíne . The former are called dactyls , the latter anapæsts . The above word ( and it is not a native ) is the only ...
Robert Wilson Evans. sidera , and our English word harmony , and in the Latin word segetēs , and our English word maga- zíne . The former are called dactyls , the latter anapæsts . The above word ( and it is not a native ) is the only ...
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... English ground . Can we wonder that such a metre was broken down into a measure proper for ballads ? 44. We have confined our notice to the longer , which are also the more ordinary , measures , be- cause they exhibit the most plain ...
... English ground . Can we wonder that such a metre was broken down into a measure proper for ballads ? 44. We have confined our notice to the longer , which are also the more ordinary , measures , be- cause they exhibit the most plain ...
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... English to two measures , which have no other resemblance than that they consist of the same number of clear syllables , though not of feet , and have uniformly the bisecting pause ; the foot being in the French the anapest , in the English ...
... English to two measures , which have no other resemblance than that they consist of the same number of clear syllables , though not of feet , and have uniformly the bisecting pause ; the foot being in the French the anapest , in the English ...
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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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Seite 50 - Before all temples the upright heart and pure, Instruct me, for Thou know'st; Thou from the first Wast present, and, with mighty wings outspread, Dove-like sat'st brooding on the vast abyss, And mad'st it pregnant: what in me is dark Illumine, what is low raise and support; That to the height of this great argument I may assert eternal Providence, And justify the ways of God to men.
Seite 168 - SACRED ALLEGORIES. The Shadow of the Cross —The Distant Hills— The Old Man's Home — The King's Messengers. By the Rev. WILLIAM ADAMS, MA, late Fellow of Merton College, Oxford.
Seite 88 - That, changed through all, and yet in all the same; Great in the earth, as in the ethereal frame; Warms in the sun, refreshes in the breeze, Glows in the stars, and blossoms in the trees; Lives through all life, extends through all extent; Spreads undivided, operates unspent!
Seite 94 - GREAT God, what do I see and hear ! The end of things created ! The Judge of mankind doth appear On clouds of glory seated ! The trumpet sounds ! the graves restore The dead which they contained before! Prepare, my soul, to meet him.
Seite 105 - The intricate wards, and every bolt and bar Of massy iron or solid rock with ease Unfastens : on a sudden open fly With impetuous recoil and jarring sound The infernal doors, and on their hinges grate Harsh thunder, that the lowest bottom shook Of Erebus.
Seite 152 - O heavenly muse, that not with fading bays Deckest thy brow by th' Heliconian spring, But sittest, crown'd with stars' immortal rays, In heaven, where legions of bright angels sing, Inspire life in my wit, my thoughts upraise, >.~ My verse ennoble, and forgive the thing, If fictions light I mix with truth divine, • And fill these lines with others
Seite 105 - Lycidas? For neither were ye playing on the steep Where your old bards, the famous Druids, lie, Nor on the shaggy top of Mona high, Nor yet where Deva spreads her wizard stream. Ay me! I fondly dream — Had ye been there...
Seite 149 - The sire and sons, and soon, it seem'd, were rent With sharpest fangs, their sides. Before the trace Of dawn, I woke, and heard my sons lament, (For they were with me), mourning in their sleep, And craving bread. Right cruel is thy bent, If, hearing this, no horror o'er thee creep ; If, guessing what I now began to dread, Thou weep'st not, wherefore art thou wont to weep ? Now were they all awake. The hour, when bread Was wont to be bestow'd, had now drawn near, And dismal doubts, in each, his dream...
Seite 80 - YE boundless realms of joy, Exalt your Maker's fame ; His praise your song employ Above the starry frame: Your voices raise, Ye Cherubim And Seraphim, To sing his praise.
Seite 104 - Chiama gli abitator dell' ombre eterne II rauco suon della tartarea tromba : Treman le spaziose atre caverne , E l...