A Short History of English Versification, from the Earliest Times to the Present Day: A Handbook for Teachers and StudentsG. Allen, Limited, 1911 - 396 pages |
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... Long Line 14 • • 15 · 16 · 17 20 21 § 16. Theories concerning the Rhythmical Construction of Alliterative Verse • § 17. Lachmann . § 18. Rules of the Four.
... Long Line 14 • • 15 · 16 · 17 20 21 § 16. Theories concerning the Rhythmical Construction of Alliterative Verse • § 17. Lachmann . § 18. Rules of the Four.
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... Long Line . . . § 36. Criticism of Sievers ' System 35 36 37 39 39 40 42 43 43 § 37 . " " 99 " § 38 . § 39 . " 9 " " " 9 99 " " " 99 ( cont . ) ( cont . ) . ( conclusion ) • 45 • · 46 • 48 § 40. The correct Division of Sievers ' Types ...
... Long Line . . . § 36. Criticism of Sievers ' System 35 36 37 39 39 40 42 43 43 § 37 . " " 99 " § 38 . § 39 . " 9 " " " 9 99 " " " 99 ( cont . ) ( cont . ) . ( conclusion ) • 45 • · 46 • 48 § 40. The correct Division of Sievers ' Types ...
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... Lines to form a Long Line . · § 84. Examples § 85. Later Alliterative Verse . Alliterative Prose § 86. ' Schwellverse ' ( Lengthened Lines ) . · · § 87. The older Theories with regard to Lengthened Lines . § 88. Lengthened Lines in ...
... Lines to form a Long Line . · § 84. Examples § 85. Later Alliterative Verse . Alliterative Prose § 86. ' Schwellverse ' ( Lengthened Lines ) . · · § 87. The older Theories with regard to Lengthened Lines . § 88. Lengthened Lines in ...
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... longer graduated , but of about equal ... ( 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 a verse ( or line ) ...
... longer graduated , but of about equal ... ( 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 a verse ( or line ) ...
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... long line , the only form of verse in OE . , during the whole of this period experienced prac- tically no alteration . Similarly in the course of the modern English period a further development of verse and stanza forms has taken place ...
... long line , the only form of verse in OE . , during the whole of this period experienced prac- tically no alteration . Similarly in the course of the modern English period a further development of verse and stanza forms has taken place ...
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accent Alden alexandrine alliteration alliterative verse anacrusis anapaestic arsis arsis and thesis Beow Beowulf blank verse caesura Chaucer Chaucerian stanza compounds consonant D¹ verses disyllabic double alliteration dramas Engl English prosody English verse enjambement feet feminine endings four beats gode half-verse hath hebungen heroic couplet heroic verse hexameters hwile iambic King Horn lables Lagamon's long-line Luick masculine endings metre metrical monosyllabic number of syllables o'er ofer poems poetry poets quatrains rare regular rhythm rhythmical structure rima rimed verse root-syllable scheme Schipper Schwellverse sẽ second half-line septenary seven-line Shakespeare short rimed couplet short syllables Sievers sixteenth century sonnet Spenserian stanza strongly stressed words Swinburne tail-rime stanza thee thesis thou three beats three members trochaic trochaic verses trochee two-beat theory types unrimed unstressed syllables verse of four verse-ending verses of five vowel weakly stressed words whilst þā þat