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Page 98
... cadence ends in the middle of a foot . The pauses which occur in these places throw the cadence and the verse rhythm momentarily out of harmony , and one experiences that temporary lag of one force behind another , which was illustrated ...
... cadence ends in the middle of a foot . The pauses which occur in these places throw the cadence and the verse rhythm momentarily out of harmony , and one experiences that temporary lag of one force behind another , which was illustrated ...
Page 102
... cadence , then , is the pattern of the writer's thought , provided the writer has made his thought control his expression . It is significant for an idea in poetry which is yet to be discussed , namely , the conception of free verse ...
... cadence , then , is the pattern of the writer's thought , provided the writer has made his thought control his expression . It is significant for an idea in poetry which is yet to be discussed , namely , the conception of free verse ...
Page 105
... cadence arrangement or harmonious recurrence of certain elements . It was defined by the late Miss Amy Lowell as " cadence verse . " And cadence is what usually gives this type its form . But sometimes , whether the cadence shows ...
... cadence arrangement or harmonious recurrence of certain elements . It was defined by the late Miss Amy Lowell as " cadence verse . " And cadence is what usually gives this type its form . But sometimes , whether the cadence shows ...
Contents
ENRICHMENT | 16 |
POETRY AND PROSE | 33 |
THE MECHANICS OF POETRY | 49 |
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