Versification. Versification is the arrangement of a certain number and variety of syllables, according to certain laws. Rhyme is the correspondence of the last sound of one verse, to the last sound or syllable of another. The Elements of English Grammar, Etc - Page 27by Edward Ward Foster - 1840 - 31 pagesFull view - About this book
| Philadelphia (Pa.) - 1809 - 572 pages
...harmonious to a correct English ear. That versification consists, according to the common definition, in the arrangement of a certain number and variety of syllables according to certain laws is true; but that the English heroic measure is not always . to be confined to a certain number... | |
| Lindley Murray - English language - 1805 - 350 pages
...perfectly chaste, it is often found to be highly interesting and instructive. * Herries. VERSIFICATION is the arrangement of a certain number and variety of syllables, according to certain laws. Rhyme is the correspondence of the last sound of one verse, to the last sound or syllable of... | |
| J A. Stewart - 1814 - 792 pages
...variations of sound which we employ, in the expression of our sentiments. . Versification. Versification is the arrangement of a certain number and variety of syllables, according to certain laws. Rhyme is the correspondence of the last sound of one verse, to the last sound or syllable of... | |
| Allen Fisk - English language - 1822 - 192 pages
...variations of sound which we employ, iu the expression of our sentiments. VERSIFICATION. Versification is the arrangement of a certain number and variety of syllables according to certain laws. Rhyme is t he correspondence of the last sound of one verse, to the last sound er syllable in... | |
| Lindley Murray - English language - 1823 - 94 pages
...variations of sound which we employ, ia the expression of our sentiments. VERSIFICATION. Versification is the arrangement of a certain! number and variety of syllables, according to certain laws. Rhyme is the correspondence of the last sound of one verse, to the last sound or syllable of... | |
| Lindley Murray - English language - 1823 - 116 pages
...variations of sound which we employ, in the expression of our sentiments. VERSIFICATION. Versification is the arrangement of a certain number and variety of syllables, according to certain laws. Rhyme is the correspondence of the last sound of one verse, to the last sound or syllable of... | |
| Lindley Murray - English language - 1825 - 270 pages
...sentiment, is perfectly chnste, it is often fouid to be highly interesting and instructive. VERSIFICATION is the arrangement of a certain number and variety of syllables, according^ certain laws. Rhyme is the correspondence of the last sound of one verse, to the last sound or syllable... | |
| Guillermo Casey - 1827 - 306 pages
...who dare never let their confidence outgo their abilities. JOHNSON. OF VERSIFICATION. Versification is the arrangement of a certain number and variety of syllables , according to certain laws. Rhyme is the correspondence of the last sound of one verse , to the last sound or syllable of... | |
| Lindley Murray - 1830 - 128 pages
...variations of sound which we employ, in the expression of our sentiments. VERSIFICATION. Versification is the arrangement of a certain number and variety of syllables, according to certain laws. Rhyme is the correspondence of the last sound of one verse, to the last sound or syllable of... | |
| Roswell Chamberlain Smith - English language - 1834 - 202 pages
...or variations which we employ in the expression of our sentiments. OF VERSIFICATION. VERSIFICATION is the arrangement of a certain number and variety of syllables, according to certain laws. RHYME is the «orrespondence of the last sound of one verse to the last sound of another. ^ What... | |
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