On the Structure of English VerseLibrairie Européenne de Baudry, 1884 - 162 Seiten |
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... affect the musical flow of the verse , but rather improves it . The following passage of Milton's ' Il Penseroso ' contains several verses of the kind . Sweet bird that shúnn'st | the noise of fólly , 32 ON THE STRUCTURE 22.
... affect the musical flow of the verse , but rather improves it . The following passage of Milton's ' Il Penseroso ' contains several verses of the kind . Sweet bird that shúnn'st | the noise of fólly , 32 ON THE STRUCTURE 22.
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... passage just quoted are examples of iambic verses of four feet with an additiona ! unaccented syllable , or , in other words , composed of three iambuses and an amphibrach . Such verses are often intermixed with regular iambics of four ...
... passage just quoted are examples of iambic verses of four feet with an additiona ! unaccented syllable , or , in other words , composed of three iambuses and an amphibrach . Such verses are often intermixed with regular iambics of four ...
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... passage is taken from that poem . Thése fór ests , as | I say , the daughters of the weald ( That in their héav | y bréasts | had lóng | their grief | concealed ) Foresée ing their | decáy | each hóur | so fást | come ón , Under the ...
... passage is taken from that poem . Thése fór ests , as | I say , the daughters of the weald ( That in their héav | y bréasts | had lóng | their grief | concealed ) Foresée ing their | decáy | each hóur | so fást | come ón , Under the ...
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... passage is taken from that work . This speech | áll Trójans did | appláud ] ; who from | their trá ces lóosed Their sweating horse ] , which sév | erally | with héad | stalls they repósed , And fást ened by | their chariots | when ...
... passage is taken from that work . This speech | áll Trójans did | appláud ] ; who from | their trá ces lóosed Their sweating horse ] , which sév | erally | with héad | stalls they repósed , And fást ened by | their chariots | when ...
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... passage , Théy as they móve Their stárr y dánce | in núm | bers that | compute Days , months , and years , tówards his | áll - chéer | ing lámp Túrn swift their vá | rious mó | tions , or | are túrned By his magnétic béam , that gently ...
... passage , Théy as they móve Their stárr y dánce | in núm | bers that | compute Days , months , and years , tówards his | áll - chéer | ing lámp Túrn swift their vá | rious mó | tions , or | are túrned By his magnétic béam , that gently ...
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accented syllable Æneid áge áir alexandrine áll alliterative verse AMETHUS amphibrach amphimacer anapæstic verses bird blank verse BYRON cæsura Cóme couplet COWPER dactyl dactylic verse death doth English poetry English poets English verse eyes Farewell five feet flowers following examples following passage foot composed four feet four-line stanza fourth gréen hath heart heaven heroic couplets heroic measure hexameters iambic verses iambuses Keats LONGFELLOW Lord LORD LYTTON mán melody metre MILTON mixed night o'er óft óver pæon passage taken pause Petrarch Piers the Ploughman poetry pyrrhic rhyme second foot SHAKESPEARE SHELLEY shore sigh Sirmio song sonnet soul sound specimen SPENSER spondee stanza stanza of iambic STRUCTURE OF ENGLISH sweet syllable followed tercet thee third foot third line thou three feet tribrach Trochaic verses trochee unaccented syllable unto verses composed verses of five verses of four verses of seven verses of three vowel wander wind words written youth
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Seite 142 - When first on this delightful Land he spreads His orient Beams, on herb, tree, fruit, and flower, Glistering with dew ; fragrant the fertile earth After soft showers ; and sweet the coming on Of grateful Evening mild...
Seite 101 - I bring fresh showers for the thirsting flowers, From the seas and the streams; I bear light shade for the leaves when laid In their noonday dreams. From my wings are shaken the dews that waken The sweet buds every one, When rocked to rest on their mother's breast, As she dances about the sun.
Seite 141 - Had in her sober livery all things clad ; Silence accompanied ; for beast and bird, They to their grassy couch, these to their nests Were slunk, all but the wakeful nightingale ; She all night long her amorous descant sung ; Silence was pleased : now...
Seite 97 - And where are they? and where art thou, My country? On thy voiceless shore The heroic lay is tuneless now, The heroic bosom beats no more ! And must thy lyre, so long divine, Degenerate into hands like mine?
Seite 161 - Story? God bless you! I have none to tell, sir: Only last night a-drinking at the Chequers, This poor old hat and breeches, as you see, were Torn in a scuffle.
Seite 123 - Camoens soothed an exile's grief; The sonnet glittered, a gay myrtle leaf, Amid the cypress with which Dante crowned His visionary brow : a glowworm lamp...
Seite 22 - The spirit-stirring drum, the ear-piercing fife, The royal banner ; and all quality. Pride, pomp, and circumstance of glorious war ! And O, you mortal engines, whose rude throats The immortal Jove's dread clamours counterfeit, Farewell ! Othello's occupation's gone ! lago.
Seite 142 - Unargued I obey; so God ordains, God is thy law, thou mine: to know no more Is woman's happiest knowledge and her praise.
Seite 107 - Oh, to abide in the desert with thee ! Wild is thy lay, and loud, Far in the downy cloud — Love gives it energy ; love gave it birth. Where, on thy dewy wing, Where art thou journeying ? Thy lay is in heaven ; thy love is on earth.
Seite 144 - For ever on the brink of being born. All pay themselves the compliment to think They one day shall not drivel : and their pride On this reversion takes up ready praise ; At least, their own ; their future selves...