A Text-book on Rhetoric (1882) |
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Page 233
... foot may receive the rhythm - accent . A trochee ,, is a dissyllabic foot ac- cented on the first syllable ; an iambus , - , is a dissyl- labic foot accented on the second syllable ; a dactyl , _ ~ ~ , is a trisyllabic foot accented on ...
... foot may receive the rhythm - accent . A trochee ,, is a dissyllabic foot ac- cented on the first syllable ; an iambus , - , is a dissyl- labic foot accented on the second syllable ; a dactyl , _ ~ ~ , is a trisyllabic foot accented on ...
Page 237
... foot has the same time as the foot for which it is substituted . In this way is preserved , what should never be violated , the equal times of the feet in a line , or verse . Upon this depend the propor- tion , the music , the beauty of ...
... foot has the same time as the foot for which it is substituted . In this way is preserved , what should never be violated , the equal times of the feet in a line , or verse . Upon this depend the propor- tion , the music , the beauty of ...
Page 239
... foot for a dissyllabic . In the verse , The illumined pages of his Doom's - Day book , we must run . The and i of the first foot together , if we would preserve the iambic foot throughout . But , if we call the first foot an anapast ...
... foot for a dissyllabic . In the verse , The illumined pages of his Doom's - Day book , we must run . The and i of the first foot together , if we would preserve the iambic foot throughout . But , if we call the first foot an anapast ...
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