On the Structure of English VerseLibrairie Européenne de Baudry, 1884 - 162 من الصفحات |
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... poets from whom they are borrowed , and to familiarise himself to a certain extent with the manner of each and with the peculiar harmony of his verse . The extracts have been chosen with a view to render the task of the student ...
... poets from whom they are borrowed , and to familiarise himself to a certain extent with the manner of each and with the peculiar harmony of his verse . The extracts have been chosen with a view to render the task of the student ...
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... poets and examine the structure of their verse , we shall find that iambic verses abound ; that they are far more numerous than the other kinds ; that very few long poems are written in other than iambic verses . Trochaic and anapæstic ...
... poets and examine the structure of their verse , we shall find that iambic verses abound ; that they are far more numerous than the other kinds ; that very few long poems are written in other than iambic verses . Trochaic and anapæstic ...
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... of feet enume- rated above are never used exclusively to compose even very short poems , but are mixed with other feet in diffe- rent kinds of verse . II ADAPTATION OF WORDS TO METRE It will be well 6 ON THE STRUCTURE OF ENGLISH VERSE.
... of feet enume- rated above are never used exclusively to compose even very short poems , but are mixed with other feet in diffe- rent kinds of verse . II ADAPTATION OF WORDS TO METRE It will be well 6 ON THE STRUCTURE OF ENGLISH VERSE.
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... poets have recourse to , in order to adapt to their verse appropriate words which could not otherwise be used . If , in the following line of Cowper , Hárk ! ' tis the twánging hórn o'er yónder bridge , no contractions were made ; if it ...
... poets have recourse to , in order to adapt to their verse appropriate words which could not otherwise be used . If , in the following line of Cowper , Hárk ! ' tis the twánging hórn o'er yónder bridge , no contractions were made ; if it ...
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... poets . There was a time when all the body's members Rebelled against the belly ; thus accused it : That only like a gulf it did remain I'the midst o'the body , idle and unactive . I'm made A shade , And laid I'th ' grave . SHAKESPEARE ...
... poets . There was a time when all the body's members Rebelled against the belly ; thus accused it : That only like a gulf it did remain I'the midst o'the body , idle and unactive . I'm made A shade , And laid I'th ' grave . SHAKESPEARE ...
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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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الصفحة 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...
الصفحة 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.
الصفحة 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...
الصفحة 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?
الصفحة 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.
الصفحة 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...
الصفحة 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.
الصفحة 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.
الصفحة 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.
الصفحة 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...