A Text-book on Rhetoric (1882) |
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... syllable , a syllable whose vowel is long by nature or by position , a syllable requiring a long time for its enunciation . Hence ancient rhythm is said to be based upon quantity . It is thought that these two rhythmical systems ...
... syllable , a syllable whose vowel is long by nature or by position , a syllable requiring a long time for its enunciation . Hence ancient rhythm is said to be based upon quantity . It is thought that these two rhythmical systems ...
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... syllable ; an amphibrach , , is a trisyllabic foot accented on the second syllable ; and an anapæst , , is a trisyllabic foot accented on the third syllable . Verse is poetry , and a verse is a single line of poetry . Verses with ...
... syllable ; an amphibrach , , is a trisyllabic foot accented on the second syllable ; and an anapæst , , is a trisyllabic foot accented on the third syllable . Verse is poetry , and a verse is a single line of poetry . Verses with ...
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... syllable but one . - is a trochee or an amphi- brach - the syllables next to the last must rhyme , the last syllables , in this case , being identical . Such rhymes , called double rhymes , are illustrated in the first and third verses ...
... syllable but one . - is a trochee or an amphi- brach - the syllables next to the last must rhyme , the last syllables , in this case , being identical . Such rhymes , called double rhymes , are illustrated in the first and third verses ...
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