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... dark by what we term his voice , by which we mean his method of using his voice ; the way , peculiar to himself , of pausing at certain intervals and hurrying at others , of sliding his sounds up and down on certain syllables and ...
... dark by what we term his voice , by which we mean his method of using his voice ; the way , peculiar to himself , of pausing at certain intervals and hurrying at others , of sliding his sounds up and down on certain syllables and ...
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... darkness and to me . First march the heavy mules securely slow ; O'er hills , o'er dales , o'er crags , o'er rocks they go . -Idem . -Pope's Tr . of the Iliad . Notice in the following how the short syllables in con- nection with the ...
... darkness and to me . First march the heavy mules securely slow ; O'er hills , o'er dales , o'er crags , o'er rocks they go . -Idem . -Pope's Tr . of the Iliad . Notice in the following how the short syllables in con- nection with the ...
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... dark leaves , you hear The windy clanging of the minster clock ; Although between it and the garden lies A league of grass , washed by a slow , broad stream , That , stirred with languid pulses of the oar , Waves all its lazy lilies ...
... dark leaves , you hear The windy clanging of the minster clock ; Although between it and the garden lies A league of grass , washed by a slow , broad stream , That , stirred with languid pulses of the oar , Waves all its lazy lilies ...
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... dark - eyed sons of Achaia , Known to me well are the faces of all ; their names I remember . Two , two only remain , whom I see not among the commanders , — Castor fleet in the car , -Polydeukes brave with the cestus , — Own dear ...
... dark - eyed sons of Achaia , Known to me well are the faces of all ; their names I remember . Two , two only remain , whom I see not among the commanders , — Castor fleet in the car , -Polydeukes brave with the cestus , — Own dear ...
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... dark torrent , broad and strong , The advancing onset rolled along , Forth harbingered by fierce acclaim , That from the shroud of smoke and flame Peal'd wildly the imperial name . -The Charge at Waterloo : Scott . Loud sounds the axe ...
... dark torrent , broad and strong , The advancing onset rolled along , Forth harbingered by fierce acclaim , That from the shroud of smoke and flame Peal'd wildly the imperial name . -The Charge at Waterloo : Scott . Loud sounds the axe ...
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accented syllable æsthetic alloyed artistic beginning breath cæsura CHAPTER character circumflex clouds comparison connection corresponding dark developed direct representation effects elements elocution elocutionary emotive expression eyes fact falling feeling feet figurative language force G. P. PUTNAM'S SONS give Greek heaven heigh-ho hexameter Homer ideas Idem Iliad illustrative representation imitative sounds indicates inflection instance instinctive Jean Ingelow kind light Locksley Hall Longfellow meaning metaphors methods metonymy metre Milton mind movement nature Notice o'er Othello Paradise Lost passage pause picture pitch plain language pleonasm poem poet poetic poetry present principles produced prose quotations reason reference reflective repre rhymes rhythm rising says sense sentence Shakespear simile singing Song soul stanza stream stress suggested sweet syllables tendency Tennyson termed terminal thee theory thing thou tion tone triple measure truth unaccented syllables utterance verse voice vowels wind words