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 fruit less cost , | unless The Lord | the pile | sustain ; Unless the Lord | the city keep , The watch man wakes | in vain . Blest be | the ...
... tetrameter , these two alternating , and with divers unions of rhymes . Thus : We build | with fruit less cost , | unless The Lord | the pile | sustain ; Unless the Lord | the city keep , The watch man wakes | in vain . Blest be | the ...
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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 enjoyments I see . • In this meter lines longer than tetrameter ...
... 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 enjoyments I see . • In this meter lines longer than tetrameter ...
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acatalectic accented adverb adverbial clause Anapestic beautiful called capital comma complex sentence composition compound sentence conjunction connected Dactylic Dimeter DIRECTION discourse earth English exclamation EXERCISE expression eyes feet flowers following examples following sentences foot Four lines give reasons hath heart heaven Heptameter hope iambic pentameter iambic trimeter Inchcape Rock interrogation kind king language letter light live look Lord marks meaning meter Metonymy mind Monometer nature never night noun o'er object paragraph PARAPHRASE parenthesis persons phrases poem poetry praise pronoun proposition prose punctuation quatrains quotation rhetorical rhyming alternately RULE sense simple sentences snow sometimes song soul sound speech spondee stanza statement stood style sublime sweet syllables Synecdoche T. B. ALDRICH tences tetrameter thee Themistocles things thou thought tion Trimeter trochaic trochee truth unaccented Uncle John verb verse voice wind words writing