The art of poetry on a new plan, illustrated with a great variety of examples [compiled by J. Newbery, revised by O. Goldsmith]. |
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... understand that fyllables are distinguished into long and fort , and this length
11 shortness is called their quantity . Of two , three , and fometimes more
syllables , the antients formed their poetical feet , giving each of them a different
name .
... understand that fyllables are distinguished into long and fort , and this length
11 shortness is called their quantity . Of two , three , and fometimes more
syllables , the antients formed their poetical feet , giving each of them a different
name .
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The number of syllables , the pause , and the feat of the accents and emphasis ,
are the chief things to be considered in the English versification . Accent is a
particular fress or force of the voice , laid upon any fyllable in speaking , as upon
fi in ...
The number of syllables , the pause , and the feat of the accents and emphasis ,
are the chief things to be considered in the English versification . Accent is a
particular fress or force of the voice , laid upon any fyllable in speaking , as upon
fi in ...
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Next to ' verses of ten syllables , those of eight are most frequent in our poetry ,
whereof we have many entire poems . In these verses , as in the former , the
accents generally fall on every second syllable , but not without exception , as
you will ...
Next to ' verses of ten syllables , those of eight are most frequent in our poetry ,
whereof we have many entire poems . In these verses , as in the former , the
accents generally fall on every second syllable , but not without exception , as
you will ...
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This verse of twelve syllables ( which is call'd Alexandrine , or Alexandrian , from
a poem on the life of Alexander , written or translated into such verse by some
French poets ) is also frequently used at the conclusion of a stanza in Lyric or ...
This verse of twelve syllables ( which is call'd Alexandrine , or Alexandrian , from
a poem on the life of Alexander , written or translated into such verse by some
French poets ) is also frequently used at the conclusion of a stanza in Lyric or ...
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In the first place , it may be laid down as a general rule , that whenever one
fyllabie of a word ends with a vowel , and the next begins with another , these two
syllables in verse are to be considered as one only , except when either of the ...
In the first place , it may be laid down as a general rule , that whenever one
fyllabie of a word ends with a vowel , and the next begins with another , these two
syllables in verse are to be considered as one only , except when either of the ...
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