A Short History of English Versification from the Earliest Times to the Present Day: A Handbook for Teachers and StudentsNorwood Editions, 1911 - 396 pages |
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... consists theoretically of two takte , each of four moren ( a more being the time required for one short syllable ) " . ( Lawrence , Chapters on Allit . Verse . ) Introduction . § 1. Versification . Rhythm . By versification XVI ...
... consists theoretically of two takte , each of four moren ( a more being the time required for one short syllable ) " . ( Lawrence , Chapters on Allit . Verse . ) Introduction . § 1. Versification . Rhythm . By versification XVI ...
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... consists of a small number of syllables of various kinds ( long and short , or stressed and unstressed ) , arranged in a definite order , is called a bar ( or glied ) or foot . A definitely limited series of such bars or feet is called ...
... consists of a small number of syllables of various kinds ( long and short , or stressed and unstressed ) , arranged in a definite order , is called a bar ( or glied ) or foot . A definitely limited series of such bars or feet is called ...
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... consists of two four - line stanzas , the first of which falls into 5 + 3 , the second into 4 + 4 half - lines . At ... consisting of four long or 18 § 14 . OE . Versification .
... consists of two four - line stanzas , the first of which falls into 5 + 3 , the second into 4 + 4 half - lines . At ... consisting of four long or 18 § 14 . OE . Versification .
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... consisting of 1/2 long lines or 3 short lines , at the end of a section , must be attributed to the effect of the old stanza division ( 5 + 3 short lines ) , e.g. Beow . 24 f .: Beow . 36 f .: lof - dædum sceal in magia gehwäm man ...
... consisting of 1/2 long lines or 3 short lines , at the end of a section , must be attributed to the effect of the old stanza division ( 5 + 3 short lines ) , e.g. Beow . 24 f .: Beow . 36 f .: lof - dædum sceal in magia gehwäm man ...
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... consisting of one or two inflexional syllables and an independent strongly stressed noun or verb ( -ta leod , -de sprang , -le bad ; -dera leod , -da geswing ) this is a phe- nomenon unheard of in Old Germanic prosody . - In the same ...
... consisting of one or two inflexional syllables and an independent strongly stressed noun or verb ( -ta leod , -de sprang , -le bad ; -dera leod , -da geswing ) this is a phe- nomenon unheard of in Old Germanic prosody . - In the same ...
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accent alexandrine alliterating sound alliteration alliterative verse anacrusis anapaestic arses arsis arsis and thesis Beow Beowulf blank verse Brut caesura Chaucer Chaucerian stanza compound consonant D¹ verses derivative syllable double alliteration Engl English prosody English Verse enjambement feet feminine endings four bars four beats Germanic half-verse hath hebungen heroic couplet heroic verse hexameters hwile iambic identical rime King Horn lables Lagamon's Latin leod long line long-line Luick masculine endings metre metrical monosyllabic number of syllables ofer ottava rima poems poetry poets rare regular rhythm rhythmical structure rima rimed verse root-syllable scheme Schipper Schwellverse sẽ second half-line septenary Shakespeare short rimed couplet short syllables Sievers sixteenth century sone sonnet Spenserian stanza strongly stressed words subsidiary stress tail-rime stanza thesis three beats three members Trautmann trochaic trochee two-beat theory types unrimed unstressed syllables verse of four verse-ending vowel whilst þat
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