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... verses in our maga- zines , who examines the criticisms in our reviews , or who listens to the accounts of what students of poetry are taught in our schools . Yet in his " Defence of Poesy " Sir Philip Sidney tells us that this art " is ...
... verses in our maga- zines , who examines the criticisms in our reviews , or who listens to the accounts of what students of poetry are taught in our schools . Yet in his " Defence of Poesy " Sir Philip Sidney tells us that this art " is ...
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... Verse - Breathing and the Line - Hebrew Parallelism ; Greek - The Cæsura - Accent , the Source of Rhythm and Tune - Feet : how produced in English ; in the Classic Languages - Metrical Possi- bilities of English . WE all must have ...
... Verse - Breathing and the Line - Hebrew Parallelism ; Greek - The Cæsura - Accent , the Source of Rhythm and Tune - Feet : how produced in English ; in the Classic Languages - Metrical Possi- bilities of English . WE all must have ...
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... verse and measure , to which these intonations naturally lead . The two together separate the words and syllables , and make them accord with the natural actions of the lungs and throat . But let us waive this thought , until we reach ...
... verse and measure , to which these intonations naturally lead . The two together separate the words and syllables , and make them accord with the natural actions of the lungs and throat . But let us waive this thought , until we reach ...
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... verses might be apparent , as well as to assist the memory in retaining them , they would use rhymes . Fur- ther developments in the direction of rhythm and tune , introducing greater variety in both , and making the tones DISCOURSE AND ...
... verses might be apparent , as well as to assist the memory in retaining them , they would use rhymes . Fur- ther developments in the direction of rhythm and tune , introducing greater variety in both , and making the tones DISCOURSE AND ...
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... verse or rhythm ; but it is impossible for him to talk , without suggesting what can be developed into both . In order to recognize the truth of this statement , we have merely to listen to a man talking . As we do so , two ...
... verse or rhythm ; but it is impossible for him to talk , without suggesting what can be developed into both . In order to recognize the truth of this statement , we have merely to listen to a man talking . As we do so , two ...
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æsthetic alloyed Anglo-Saxon Apophasis artistic associations beginning breath cæsura CHAPTER character clouds comparison connection corresponding dark developed direct representation effects elocution elocutionary emotion expression eyes fact falling feeling figurative language force G. P. PUTNAM'S SONS give Greek hear heaven heigh-ho Herbert Spencer Homer ideas Idem Iliad illustrative representation imagination imitative sounds instance instinctive Jean Ingelow kind latter light meaning metaphors methods Metonymy metre Milton mind movement nature Notice o'er Onomatopoeia origin Paradise Lost passage pause perceived phrases picture pitch plain language pleonasm poem poet poetic poetry present principles produced prose pure quotations reason recognize reference reflective repre represent rhymes rhythm says sense sentence Shakespear simile singing soul spottles stanza stream stress suggested sweet syllables tendency Tennyson termed terminal thee theory thing thou thought tion tone triple measure unaccented syllables utterance verse voice wind words Wordsworth
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Page 149 - Blow, bugle, blow, set the wild echoes flying, And answer, echoes, answer, dying, dying, dying.
Page 168 - Then this ebony bird beguiling my sad fancy into smiling By the grave and stern decorum of the countenance it wore,— " Though thy crest be shorn and shaven, thou," I said, " art sure no craven, Ghastly grim and ancient Raven wandering from the Nightly shore: Tell me what thy lordly name is on the Night's Plutonian shore !" Quoth the Raven,
Page 70 - But our love it was stronger by far than the love Of those who were older than we, Of many far wiser than we; And neither the angels in heaven above. Nor the demons down under the sea, Can ever dissever my soul from the soul Of the beautiful Annabel Lee: For the moon never beams, without bringing me dreams Of the beautiful Annabel Lee...
Page 169 - Oh, the bells, bells, bells! What a tale their terror tells Of Despair! How they clang, and clash, and roar! What a horror they outpour On the bosom of the palpitating air! Yet the ear it fully knows, By the twanging, And the clanging, How the danger ebbs and flows; Yet the ear distinctly tells, In the jangling, And the wrangling, How the danger sinks and swells, By the sinking or the swelling in the anger of the bells Of the bells Of the bells, bells, bells, bells, Bells, bells, bells In the clamor...
Page 197 - They, looking back, all the eastern side beheld Of Paradise, so late their happy seat, Waved over by that flaming brand ; the gate With dreadful faces thronged, and fiery arms.
Page 315 - Past, But the hopes of youth fall thick in the blast And the days are dark and dreary. Be still, sad heart ! and cease repining ; Behind the clouds is the sun still shining ; Thy fate is the common fate of all, Into each life some rain must fall, Some days must be dark and dreary.
Page 197 - Break, break, break, On thy cold gray stones, O Sea! And I would that my tongue could utter The thoughts that arise in me. O well for the fisherman's boy, That he shouts with his sister at play! O well for the sailor lad, That he sings in his boat on the bay!
Page 302 - The Western wind was wild and dank with foam, And all alone went she. The creeping tide came up along the sand, And o'er and o'er the sand, And round and round the sand, As far as eye could see; The blinding mist came down and hid the land; And never home came she.
Page 46 - I SPRANG to the stirrup, and Joris, and he ; I galloped, Dirck galloped, we galloped all three ; " Good speed ! " cried the watch, as the gatebolts undrew ; "Speed...
Page 197 - If you have tears, prepare to shed them now. You all do know this mantle : I remember The first time ever Caesar put it on ; Twas on a summer's evening, in his tent, That day he overcame the Nervii. Look ! in this place, ran Cassius...