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... foot composed of an unaccented syllable followed by an accented one , as return , is called an iambus ; and a verse composed of this foot repeated a certain number of times is called an iambic verse . The foot consisting of an accented ...
... foot composed of an unaccented syllable followed by an accented one , as return , is called an iambus ; and a verse composed of this foot repeated a certain number of times is called an iambic verse . The foot consisting of an accented ...
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... foot composed of an accented syllable followed by two unaccented ones , as : thúnderer , is called a dactyl , and a verse formed of one or more dactyls is called a dactylic verse . The foot formed of an accented syllable between two ...
... foot composed of an accented syllable followed by two unaccented ones , as : thúnderer , is called a dactyl , and a verse formed of one or more dactyls is called a dactylic verse . The foot formed of an accented syllable between two ...
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... foot of four syllables , called antispastus , composed of two accented syllables between two unaccented ones , as a good sailor . These feet are of very rare occurrence in English verse , with the exception of the third and fifth ...
... foot of four syllables , called antispastus , composed of two accented syllables between two unaccented ones , as a good sailor . These feet are of very rare occurrence in English verse , with the exception of the third and fifth ...
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... foot would be a dactyl , and the fourth an am- phimacer ; and the line would read like prose . To remedy this , the two syllables it is are contracted into one , ' tis , by the suppression of the i in it ; and over is shortened into o ...
... foot would be a dactyl , and the fourth an am- phimacer ; and the line would read like prose . To remedy this , the two syllables it is are contracted into one , ' tis , by the suppression of the i in it ; and over is shortened into o ...
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... foot , which is better than the clumsy and harsh iambus produced by the elision . It was the fashion among the poets of the last century to suppress an unaccented vowel forming a syllable by itse.f in the middle of a word when that ...
... foot , which is better than the clumsy and harsh iambus produced by the elision . It was the fashion among the poets of the last century to suppress an unaccented vowel forming a syllable by itse.f in the middle of a word when that ...
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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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Page 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...
Page 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.
Page 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...
Page 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?
Page 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.
Page 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...
Page 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.
Page 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.
Page 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.
Page 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...