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Page 31
... varied substitu- tions and frequent suppressions inside his lines , but he must preserve always the expected framework of the chosen form . That is to say , he must decide once for all , whether he will compose in an iambic rhythm or a ...
... varied substitu- tions and frequent suppressions inside his lines , but he must preserve always the expected framework of the chosen form . That is to say , he must decide once for all , whether he will compose in an iambic rhythm or a ...
Page 74
... varied one from the other . A quatrain or a stanza has a weak , thin effect upon the ear if the vowel - sounds in the several rimes are either identical or too clearly akin . For example , sight and light , glide and abide would not be ...
... varied one from the other . A quatrain or a stanza has a weak , thin effect upon the ear if the vowel - sounds in the several rimes are either identical or too clearly akin . For example , sight and light , glide and abide would not be ...
Page 85
... passage of Shakspere more cun- ningly contrived with a varied play of repeated and contrasted consonants than the description of Cleopa- tra's descent of the Nile : - The barge she sat in , like a burnished throne TONE - COLOR 85.
... passage of Shakspere more cun- ningly contrived with a varied play of repeated and contrasted consonants than the description of Cleopa- tra's descent of the Nile : - The barge she sat in , like a burnished throne TONE - COLOR 85.
Page 91
... varied t's and seven i's . The precept and the practice of Tennyson have left a deep impress upon the technic of all the later verse- writers of our language . His influence was beneficial in raising the level of technical ...
... varied t's and seven i's . The precept and the practice of Tennyson have left a deep impress upon the technic of all the later verse- writers of our language . His influence was beneficial in raising the level of technical ...
Page 94
... varied refrain , to the antithesis of " Sunset and evening star " with " Twilight and evening bell , " and to the final recurrence of the figure of the bar to be crossed which is suggested in the first quatrain . - Perhaps the refrain ...
... varied refrain , to the antithesis of " Sunset and evening star " with " Twilight and evening bell , " and to the final recurrence of the figure of the bar to be crossed which is suggested in the first quatrain . - Perhaps the refrain ...
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accepted alliteration anapestic artist asserted attention Austin Dobson ballade beauty blank verse breath Browning Browning's Byron's called charm chosen colliteration composed consonants dactylic declared delight double rimes Dryden effect employed English poetry English verse example feel final line fixed form foot four lines hearer heart heptameter heroic couplet hexameter iambic pentameter iambs iambus kiss language less light long syllables Longfellow's Lowell lyric lyrist mate melody meter metrical metrist Milton never nursery-rimes o'er once pair of rimes passage pause play poem poet poet's poetic license Pope prose quatrain refrain repetition rhythm rhythmic rime-scheme rondeau Rose Shakspere Shakspere's short syllable single rime sometimes song sonnet sound speech spondee stanza substitution sweet Swinburne technic Tennyson thee theme Théodore de Banville thou thought tion trimeter triolet trochaic trochee true tune UNIVERS UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA unrimed versification villanelle vowel vowel-sound wind words write