Elements of Composition and Rhetoric: With Copious Exercises in Both Criticism and ConstructionAmerican Book Company, 1889 - 416 Seiten |
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... verse . Against luxurious bishops and tyrannic sher- iffs Robin Hood's bow was ever bent and his arrow in the string . The will was kept secret during the short remainder of his life . On the third of November , 1700 , he expired . And ...
... verse . Against luxurious bishops and tyrannic sher- iffs Robin Hood's bow was ever bent and his arrow in the string . The will was kept secret during the short remainder of his life . On the third of November , 1700 , he expired . And ...
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... verse . It means the ordinary , straightfor- ward manner of discourse , in distinction from the inverted order so common in poetry . Although no exact classification has been made of the varieties of prose composition , the principal ...
... verse . It means the ordinary , straightfor- ward manner of discourse , in distinction from the inverted order so common in poetry . Although no exact classification has been made of the varieties of prose composition , the principal ...
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... verse . Verse is that species of composition in which the words . are arranged in lines containing a definite number and suc- cession of accented and unaccented syllables ; as , By faith , and faith | alone , | embrace , Believing where ...
... verse . Verse is that species of composition in which the words . are arranged in lines containing a definite number and suc- cession of accented and unaccented syllables ; as , By faith , and faith | alone , | embrace , Believing where ...
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... verse or line into feet is called scanning . A straight line ( - ) over a syllable shows that it is accented ; a curved line ( ~ ) shows that it is unaccented . In verse , monosyllables may receive accent , although they are with- out ...
... verse or line into feet is called scanning . A straight line ( - ) over a syllable shows that it is accented ; a curved line ( ~ ) shows that it is unaccented . In verse , monosyllables may receive accent , although they are with- out ...
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... verse ever produced : Clearly the rest I be hold of the | dark - eyed | sons of Achaia ; Known to me well are the ... verse seems to succeed best when combined with rhyme , and when the lines are comparatively short Kinds of Verse ...
... verse ever produced : Clearly the rest I be hold of the | dark - eyed | sons of Achaia ; Known to me well are the ... verse seems to succeed best when combined with rhyme , and when the lines are comparatively short Kinds of Verse ...
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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