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... verse is of two kinds ; one named rhyme , or metre , and one blank verse . In the former , the lines are connected two and two by similarity of sound in the final syllables ; and two lines so connected are termed a couplet : similarity ...
... verse is of two kinds ; one named rhyme , or metre , and one blank verse . In the former , the lines are connected two and two by similarity of sound in the final syllables ; and two lines so connected are termed a couplet : similarity ...
Page 155
... verse . Blank verse has so many circumstances in common with rhyme , that its peculiarities may be brought within a narrow compass . With respect to form , it differs from rhyme in rejecting the jingle of similar sounds , which purifies ...
... verse . Blank verse has so many circumstances in common with rhyme , that its peculiarities may be brought within a narrow compass . With respect to form , it differs from rhyme in rejecting the jingle of similar sounds , which purifies ...
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... blank verse ; and to show that a slight difference in form may produce a great difference in , substance . Blank verse has the same pauses and accents with rhyme , and a pause at the end of every line , like that which concludes the ...
... blank verse ; and to show that a slight difference in form may produce a great difference in , substance . Blank verse has the same pauses and accents with rhyme , and a pause at the end of every line , like that which concludes the ...
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... blank verse is a sort of measured prose , perfectly well adapted to the stage , where la- bored inversion is highly improper , because in dialogue it never can be natural . That superior power of expression which verse ac- quires by ...
... blank verse is a sort of measured prose , perfectly well adapted to the stage , where la- bored inversion is highly improper , because in dialogue it never can be natural . That superior power of expression which verse ac- quires by ...
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... verse arise ? Where may the capital pause in a line fall ? With what should it coincide ? Give an example of its ... blank verse differ from rhyme with respect to form ? What is its peculiar advantage ? How does rhyme prevent this ? What ...
... verse arise ? Where may the capital pause in a line fall ? With what should it coincide ? Give an example of its ... blank verse differ from rhyme with respect to form ? What is its peculiar advantage ? How does rhyme prevent this ? What ...
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