Studies in American LiteratureMacmillan, 1912 - 387 pages |
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... called prose and This classification , like all classification of living things or of the products of life , is inexact . Some prose has more of the qualities of verse than has some verse ; and there are writings , like some of the ...
... called prose and This classification , like all classification of living things or of the products of life , is inexact . Some prose has more of the qualities of verse than has some verse ; and there are writings , like some of the ...
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... x / Before Anapest xx / Serenade Spondee // Amen The different lines , or verses , - for , technically , a verse is a line , are formed by the combination of these feet , and are called by names indicating the 4 Introduction.
... x / Before Anapest xx / Serenade Spondee // Amen The different lines , or verses , - for , technically , a verse is a line , are formed by the combination of these feet , and are called by names indicating the 4 Introduction.
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Charles Noble. these feet , and are called by names indicating the number of feet . Thus if a line has two accents it is called Dimeter ; if three , Trimeter ; if four , Tetram- eter ; if five , Pentameter ; if six , Hexameter . The ...
Charles Noble. these feet , and are called by names indicating the number of feet . Thus if a line has two accents it is called Dimeter ; if three , Trimeter ; if four , Tetram- eter ; if five , Pentameter ; if six , Hexameter . The ...
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... called , Stychic , " in which the lines are written continu- ously with no stanza divisions . " " The Old English , or Anglo - Saxon verse is continu- ous , and so are most of the extended narrative , or descriptive , or epic poems ...
... called , Stychic , " in which the lines are written continu- ously with no stanza divisions . " " The Old English , or Anglo - Saxon verse is continu- ous , and so are most of the extended narrative , or descriptive , or epic poems ...
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... called Blank Verse . Sometimes this term is loosely applied to any unrimed verse ; but it should be confined to that form which probably Bryant has written with greater perfection than has any other American poet , the unrimed iambic ...
... called Blank Verse . Sometimes this term is loosely applied to any unrimed verse ; but it should be confined to that form which probably Bryant has written with greater perfection than has any other American poet , the unrimed iambic ...
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