Comus and Other PoemsOxford U.P., 1968 - 197 pages |
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Page 117
... lines of two lengths ( eleven and seven syllables ) which become , in English , lines of ten syllables and six . Spenser introduced also Alexandrines into his Epithalamion and Prothalamion . Milton wished for even more freedom , and ...
... lines of two lengths ( eleven and seven syllables ) which become , in English , lines of ten syllables and six . Spenser introduced also Alexandrines into his Epithalamion and Prothalamion . Milton wished for even more freedom , and ...
Page 159
... lines ( IV , VIII , XI , XVII ) , the first eight lines ( V ) , or more ( XII , XIII ) . A slow - moving opening in this or some other form ( XV has a relative clause of time ) will be followed by a central more direct statement , which ...
... lines ( IV , VIII , XI , XVII ) , the first eight lines ( V ) , or more ( XII , XIII ) . A slow - moving opening in this or some other form ( XV has a relative clause of time ) will be followed by a central more direct statement , which ...
Page 170
... line ( rhyming with the previous line ) and a couplet ; the coda could be extended indefinitely by adding such units of three lines . 1-2 . Episcopacy had been abolished by a vote of Parliament in 1643 , and the Anglican liturgy was ...
... line ( rhyming with the previous line ) and a couplet ; the coda could be extended indefinitely by adding such units of three lines . 1-2 . Episcopacy had been abolished by a vote of Parliament in 1643 , and the Anglican liturgy was ...
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