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 derives its charac- ter . In this respect , English meter differs from the clas- sical meters , which are constructed principally according to the length , or quantity , of the vowels . Thus , in English verse we speak of ...
... verse derives its charac- ter . In this respect , English meter differs from the clas- sical meters , which are constructed principally according to the length , or quantity , of the vowels . Thus , in English verse we speak of ...
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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 . — 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 . Until quite recently , about nine tenths of English verse was iam- bic ...
... 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 . Until quite recently , about nine tenths of English verse was iam- bic ...
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acatalectic accented adjective clause adverb adverbial clause Anapestic beautiful 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 flowers following sentences give hath heard heart heaven hence honor hope iambic iambic pentameter Inchcape Inchcape Rock interrogation kind king language letter light live look Lord meaning meter Metonymy mind modifies Monometer nature never night noun o'er object paragraph participle person phrases poem poetry predicate principal pronoun proposition prose punctuation Rhetoric rhyme RULE sail Saxon sense simple sentences snow sometimes soul sound speak stanza statement style sublime subordinate conjunction sweet syllables Synecdoche T. B. ALDRICH tences tetrameter thee things thou thought tion trees trochaic truth verb verse voice wind words writer