Elements of Composition and RhetoricAmerican Book Company, 1889 - 408 Seiten |
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... accented syllables , or such as occasion a clash of vowels . Opposed to all such are ( 1 ) words ending in soft consonants or open vowels ; as , ever , alive , dream ; ( 2 ) words containing liquids ; as , roaming , mellow , noontide ...
... accented syllables , or such as occasion a clash of vowels . Opposed to all such are ( 1 ) words ending in soft consonants or open vowels ; as , ever , alive , dream ; ( 2 ) words containing liquids ; as , roaming , mellow , noontide ...
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... accented or unaccented , while Greek and Latin verse is measured by syllables regarded as long or short . A foot , or measure , is a portion of a line consisting of two or three syllables ( and not more ) , combined according to accent ...
... accented or unaccented , while Greek and Latin verse is measured by syllables regarded as long or short . A foot , or measure , is a portion of a line consisting of two or three syllables ( and not more ) , combined according to accent ...
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... accented ; a curved line ( ✓ ) shows that it is unaccented . In verse , monosyllables may receive accent , although they are with- out it in prose ; as , And in no quiet canst thou be . Two syllables may sometimes be contracted into ...
... accented ; a curved line ( ✓ ) shows that it is unaccented . In verse , monosyllables may receive accent , although they are with- out it in prose ; as , And in no quiet canst thou be . Two syllables may sometimes be contracted into ...
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... accented alike . Thus wing and ring , breeze and trees , night and white are perfect rhymes ; but room and home , war and car , breathe and tease , are not perfect . The number of words in the English language which form perfect rhymes ...
... accented alike . Thus wing and ring , breeze and trees , night and white are perfect rhymes ; but room and home , war and car , breathe and tease , are not perfect . The number of words in the English language which form perfect rhymes ...
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acatalectic accented adjective clause adverb adverbial clause Æneid Anapestic beauty birds called comma complex sentence composition compound sentence conjunction conjunctive adverb connected Dactylic dependent clause Dimeter DIRECTION discourse earth English examples EXERCISE expression eyes feeling feet figure flowers following sentences give hath heard heart heaven hence Heptameter hope iambic iambic pentameter Inchcape Inchcape Rock kind King language letter light live look Lord marks meaning metaphor meter Metonymy mind Monometer nature never night noun o'er object paragraph person phrases poem poetry praise predicate principal pronoun proposition prose punctuation Rhetoric rhyme RULE sense simile simple sentences snow sometimes soul sound speak speech stanza statement stood style sublime sweet syllables Synecdoche T. B. ALDRICH tences tetrameter thee things thou thought tion trees trochaic trochee truth verb verse voice wind words writer