Elements of Composition and Rhetoric: With Copious Exercises in Both Criticism and ConstructionAmerican Book Company, 1889 - 416 Seiten |
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... one foot ; if twice , Dimeter , a line of two feet ; if three times , Trimeter , a line of three feet ; if four times , Tetrameter , a line of four feet ; if five times , Pentameter , a line of five PROSODY AND VERSIFICATION . 341.
... one foot ; if twice , Dimeter , a line of two feet ; if three times , Trimeter , a line of three feet ; if four times , Tetrameter , a line of four feet ; if five times , Pentameter , a line of five PROSODY AND VERSIFICATION . 341.
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... tetrameter , etc .; an- apestic dimeter , anapestic trimeter , etc. Iambic Verse . Of all measures , the iambic is the most easily continued to great length : hence it is in very com- mon use , and is peculiarly adapted for long poems ...
... tetrameter , etc .; an- apestic dimeter , anapestic trimeter , etc. Iambic Verse . Of all measures , the iambic is the most easily continued to great length : hence it is in very com- mon use , and is peculiarly adapted for long poems ...
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... tetrameter , these two alternating , and with divers unions of rhymes . Thus : We build with fruitless cost , | unless The Lord | the pile | sustain ; Unless the Lord | the citly keep , The watch man wakes | in vain . Blest be the tie ...
... tetrameter , these two alternating , and with divers unions of rhymes . Thus : We build with fruitless cost , | unless The Lord | the pile | sustain ; Unless the Lord | the citly keep , The watch man wakes | in vain . Blest be the tie ...
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... tetrameter lines , rhyming alternately , and each commencing with a capital . In old books , how- ever , the second and fourth lines are made to begin with a small letter . It forms the long meter of our hymns . The scheme of any ...
... tetrameter lines , rhyming alternately , and each commencing with a capital . In old books , how- ever , the second and fourth lines are made to begin with a small letter . It forms the long meter of our hymns . The scheme of any ...
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... tetrameter , in alternate lines of eight syllables and seven . The line of seven syllables is denominated catalectic ... Tetrameter .. Tho ' his life | be a dream | his enjoy | ments I see . In this meter lines longer than ...
... tetrameter , in alternate lines of eight syllables and seven . The line of seven syllables is denominated catalectic ... Tetrameter .. Tho ' his life | be a dream | his enjoy | ments I see . In this meter lines longer than ...
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accented adjective clause adverb adverbial clause Anapestic beautiful birds called complex sentence composition compound sentence conjunction conjunctive adverb connected dependent clause DIRECTION discourse earth English examples EXERCISE expression eyes feeling feet figure flowers following sentences give hand hath heard heart heaven hence honor hope iambic pentameter idea Inchcape Inchcape Rock kind King language light live look Lord meaning metaphor Metonymy mind modifies nature never night noun o'er object paragraph participle person phrases poetry predicate principal pronoun proposition prose punctuation Rhetoric rhyme Richard Penderell RULE sail Saxon sense simile simple sentence snow sometimes soul sound speak speech statement stood style sublime subordinate conjunction sweet syllables Synecdoche T. B. ALDRICH tences tetrameter thee things thou thought tion trees Trimeter trochaic truth verb verse voice wind words writer