The English Prosody: With Rules Deduced from the Genius of Our Language, and the Examples of the PoetsCrocker, 1847 - 152 pàgines |
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Pàgina 18
... o'er | the wide heath | the bitter blast did blow . " 2 . Anon . Another kind of verse is composed of anapæsts and iambics , alternately ; as , in the following . " They are burst | ing fresh | from their spar ry caves ; And the earth ...
... o'er | the wide heath | the bitter blast did blow . " 2 . Anon . Another kind of verse is composed of anapæsts and iambics , alternately ; as , in the following . " They are burst | ing fresh | from their spar ry caves ; And the earth ...
Pàgina 27
... | a mightier foe Had ne'er swung | the battle- | axe o'er him ; But hope nerv'd | his arm for | a desper | ate blow , And Tecumseh | fell prostrate | before him . " This stanza was cited from a well written poem ; PROSODY . 27.
... | a mightier foe Had ne'er swung | the battle- | axe o'er him ; But hope nerv'd | his arm for | a desper | ate blow , And Tecumseh | fell prostrate | before him . " This stanza was cited from a well written poem ; PROSODY . 27.
Pàgina 28
... o'er the strand that confin'd them : But presume not again to give freedom a law , Nor think , with the chains they have broken , to bind them . " These two kinds of verse , anapæstic and amphibrachic , being similar in measure and ...
... o'er the strand that confin'd them : But presume not again to give freedom a law , Nor think , with the chains they have broken , to bind them . " These two kinds of verse , anapæstic and amphibrachic , being similar in measure and ...
Pàgina 34
... O'er murmuring Egypt's head ; And that which angels drew O'er nature's face when Jesus died ; Which sleeping ghosts for this mistook And rising , off their hanging funerals shook ; And fleeting past , exposed their bloodless breasts to ...
... O'er murmuring Egypt's head ; And that which angels drew O'er nature's face when Jesus died ; Which sleeping ghosts for this mistook And rising , off their hanging funerals shook ; And fleeting past , exposed their bloodless breasts to ...
Pàgina 40
... o'er half th ' astonish'd isle , And strew'd , with sudden carcases , the land . " - Armstrong . It is sometimes proper to begin a new paragraph with a trochee , especially so , when the subject is rising in ani- mated description . It ...
... o'er half th ' astonish'd isle , And strew'd , with sudden carcases , the land . " - Armstrong . It is sometimes proper to begin a new paragraph with a trochee , especially so , when the subject is rising in ani- mated description . It ...
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