On the Structure of English VerseLibrairie Européenne de Baudry, 1884 - 162 pages |
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accented syllable Æneid áge áir alexandrine áll alliterative verse AMETHUS amphibrach amphimacer anapæstic verses bird blank verse BYRON cæsura Cóme couplet COWPER dactylic verse doth English poetry English poets English verse eyes Farewell five feet flowers following examples following passage foot composed four feet four-line stanza fourth gréen hath heart heaven heroic couplets heroic measure hexameters iambic verses iambuses Keats LONGFELLOW Lord LORD LYTTON mán melody metre MILTON mixed morning night nów o'er óft pæon passage taken pause Petrarch Piers the Ploughman poetry Pope pyrrhic rhyme second foot SHAKESPEARE SHELLEY shore sigh Sirmio song sonnet soul sound specimen SPENSER spondee stanza stanza of iambic STRUCTURE OF ENGLISH sweet syllable followed tercet thee third foot third line thou three feet tribrach Trochaic verses trochee unto verses composed verses of five verses of four verses of seven verses of three vowel wander wind words written youth