The Quarterly Review, 215. köideJohn Murray, 1911 |
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Page 74
... syllables which by its virtue pace the line , as it were , on heel and toe . This idea suggests at once that the syllables cleave together because of a disparity 74 ENGLISH PROSODY.
... syllables which by its virtue pace the line , as it were , on heel and toe . This idea suggests at once that the syllables cleave together because of a disparity 74 ENGLISH PROSODY.
Page 75
once that the syllables cleave together because of a disparity between them , some being fitted for the heel and some for the toe position . Such is indeed the case . And in languages where the syllables are treated as equal -in French ...
once that the syllables cleave together because of a disparity between them , some being fitted for the heel and some for the toe position . Such is indeed the case . And in languages where the syllables are treated as equal -in French ...
Page 76
... syllables vary in their length and stress by imperceptible gradations on a sliding scale of values which merge one into another . By rhythm they are equalised and classified . The unit of equality in French is the syllable ; in most ...
... syllables vary in their length and stress by imperceptible gradations on a sliding scale of values which merge one into another . By rhythm they are equalised and classified . The unit of equality in French is the syllable ; in most ...
Page 77
... syllables or imposed upon them . In accen- tual verse it is imposed . There is , after all , but a slight difference in duration between the longest long and the shortest short syllable in any language . If we agree to disregard their ...
... syllables or imposed upon them . In accen- tual verse it is imposed . There is , after all , but a slight difference in duration between the longest long and the shortest short syllable in any language . If we agree to disregard their ...
Page 78
... syllables according to their relation to the feet into which they enter . The reader may , if he will , make the leading features of each of the two systems clear to himself by resort to a simple experiment . If he will strike on a ...
... syllables according to their relation to the feet into which they enter . The reader may , if he will , make the leading features of each of the two systems clear to himself by resort to a simple experiment . If he will strike on a ...
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