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... called , " it is clear that the word called is the " idea word . " Was is only an auxiliary , placed here to shift the verb from the active to the passive voice . And so the phrase is 1 pronounced was called , and has in itself the same ...
... called , " it is clear that the word called is the " idea word . " Was is only an auxiliary , placed here to shift the verb from the active to the passive voice . And so the phrase is 1 pronounced was called , and has in itself the same ...
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... called catalexis , and the final foot and the line which are thus abbreviated are said to be catalectic . For purposes of scansion , use the symbol to mark a catalectic or any other omission of a syllable . The last line of the above ...
... called catalexis , and the final foot and the line which are thus abbreviated are said to be catalectic . For purposes of scansion , use the symbol to mark a catalectic or any other omission of a syllable . The last line of the above ...
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... called ( a ) iambic . ( b ) trochaic . ( c ) spondaic . ( d ) pyrrhic . 4. A unit of verse having two stressed syllables is called ( a ) iambic . ( b ) trochaic . ( c ) spondaic . ( d ) pyrrhic . 5. A unit of verse having two unstressed ...
... called ( a ) iambic . ( b ) trochaic . ( c ) spondaic . ( d ) pyrrhic . 4. A unit of verse having two stressed syllables is called ( a ) iambic . ( b ) trochaic . ( c ) spondaic . ( d ) pyrrhic . 5. A unit of verse having two unstressed ...
Contents
ENRICHMENT | 16 |
POETRY AND PROSE | 33 |
THE MECHANICS OF POETRY | 49 |
Copyright | |
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