A Milton HandbookF. S. Croft & Company, 1946 - 465 pages |
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Page 320
... verse rhythm requires the second to be less . Whenever we take a Miltonic verse and scrutinize it in this way , we realize that the sources of its beauty are be- yond our powers of analysis , and that the reader is called on to exercise ...
... verse rhythm requires the second to be less . Whenever we take a Miltonic verse and scrutinize it in this way , we realize that the sources of its beauty are be- yond our powers of analysis , and that the reader is called on to exercise ...
Page 323
... verse . In conspicuous cases we may say ( see page 316 ) that the type of foot is changed . Thus we may say that ... verse accent . Notable examples are the following : Prose accent : Búrnt áfter them to the bottomless pít . Verse accent ...
... verse . In conspicuous cases we may say ( see page 316 ) that the type of foot is changed . Thus we may say that ... verse accent . Notable examples are the following : Prose accent : Búrnt áfter them to the bottomless pít . Verse accent ...
Page 335
... verse and rhyme was one of long standing . Milton himself , in the foreword to Paradise Lost , had thrown out a challenge against the prevailing practice of the Restoration poets . But rhyme and regularity had already triumphed , and it ...
... verse and rhyme was one of long standing . Milton himself , in the foreword to Paradise Lost , had thrown out a challenge against the prevailing practice of the Restoration poets . But rhyme and regularity had already triumphed , and it ...
Contents
1 Composition and Publication | 1 |
PARADISE REGAINED AND SAMSON AGONISTES | 12 |
MILTONS FAME AND INFLUENCE | 67 |
Copyright | |
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