Lives of the English Poets, Volumen1Oxford University Press, 1926 |
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... verse of any length , from two syllables to twelve . The verses of Pindar have , as he observes , very little harmony to a modern ear ; yet by examin- ing the syllables we perceive them to be regular , and have reason enough for ...
... verse of any length , from two syllables to twelve . The verses of Pindar have , as he observes , very little harmony to a modern ear ; yet by examin- ing the syllables we perceive them to be regular , and have reason enough for ...
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... Verse can imitate only sound and motion . A boundless verse , a headlong verse , and a verse of brass or of strong brass , seem to comprise very incongruous and unsociable ideas . What there is peculiar in the sound of the line ...
... Verse can imitate only sound and motion . A boundless verse , a headlong verse , and a verse of brass or of strong brass , seem to comprise very incongruous and unsociable ideas . What there is peculiar in the sound of the line ...
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... verse unmingled with another , as a distinct system of sounds ; and this distinctness is obtained and preserved by the artifice of rhyme . The variety of pauses , so much boasted by the lovers of blank verse , changes the measures of an ...
... verse unmingled with another , as a distinct system of sounds ; and this distinctness is obtained and preserved by the artifice of rhyme . The variety of pauses , so much boasted by the lovers of blank verse , changes the measures of an ...
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