Orthometry: A Treatise on the Art of Versification and the Technicalities of Poetry, with a New and Complete Rhyming Dictionary |
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... these there are two other kinds in frequent use intermixed with the above , but of which it is impossible to con- struct verses entirely : viz . Spondee Pyrrhic . ~ , and ( b ) . TRISYLLABIC . - as Of Trisyllabic ELEMENTS OF VERSE . 27.
... these there are two other kinds in frequent use intermixed with the above , but of which it is impossible to con- struct verses entirely : viz . Spondee Pyrrhic . ~ , and ( b ) . TRISYLLABIC . - as Of Trisyllabic ELEMENTS OF VERSE . 27.
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... Pyrrhic Amphibrach * Some metrists recognise another scanning blank verse , the Tribrach , tested by others . trisyllabic foot occasionally in but this is vigorously con- MEASURES OF VERSE . < EACH of the four kinds ELEMENTS OF VERSE . 29.
... Pyrrhic Amphibrach * Some metrists recognise another scanning blank verse , the Tribrach , tested by others . trisyllabic foot occasionally in but this is vigorously con- MEASURES OF VERSE . < EACH of the four kinds ELEMENTS OF VERSE . 29.
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... pyrrhic foot ( two unaccented syllables ~ ) may supply the place of an iambic , and is substi- tuted for it oftener than any other foot . It may stand in any part of the verse , e.g. : In the 1st foot . Is he a chúrchman ? thén he's ...
... pyrrhic foot ( two unaccented syllables ~ ) may supply the place of an iambic , and is substi- tuted for it oftener than any other foot . It may stand in any part of the verse , e.g. : In the 1st foot . Is he a chúrchman ? thén he's ...
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... pyrrhic , e.g. : In the 1st foot . Tóm strúts a sóldier , ópen , bóld and bráve . In the 2nd foot . The plain rough héro túrn a crafty knáve . In the 3rd foot . When fláttery gláres áll háte it in a quéen . In the 4th foot . That gáy ...
... pyrrhic , e.g. : In the 1st foot . Tóm strúts a sóldier , ópen , bóld and bráve . In the 2nd foot . The plain rough héro túrn a crafty knáve . In the 3rd foot . When fláttery gláres áll háte it in a quéen . In the 4th foot . That gáy ...
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... pyrrhic , may so stand ; and all the three may be introduced into the same line , instead of iambics . The beginning of the third book of the Paradise Lost will afford examples : Háil , hóly Líght ! óffspring of Heáven first - bórn ...
... pyrrhic , may so stand ; and all the three may be introduced into the same line , instead of iambics . The beginning of the third book of the Paradise Lost will afford examples : Háil , hóly Líght ! óffspring of Heáven first - bórn ...
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