The Reading of Poetry |
From inside the book
Results 1-3 of 12
Page 55
... trochaic ( trō kā'ĭc ) . An irregularity occurs in the last foot of the stanza : there is no unaccented syllable . This happens frequently in trochaic verse , and seems to detract little if any at all from the harmony . It is called ...
... trochaic ( trō kā'ĭc ) . An irregularity occurs in the last foot of the stanza : there is no unaccented syllable . This happens frequently in trochaic verse , and seems to detract little if any at all from the harmony . It is called ...
Page 56
... trochaic is a direct reversal of its order ; and yet the general sound of the verse differs from that of the iambic only at the beginning of the line . There is usually a good reason for the choice of the rhythm , and it may often be ...
... trochaic is a direct reversal of its order ; and yet the general sound of the verse differs from that of the iambic only at the beginning of the line . There is usually a good reason for the choice of the rhythm , and it may often be ...
Page 70
... trochaic . ( c ) anapestic . ( d ) dactylic . 3. A unit of verse having a stressed syllable followed by an unstressed is called ( a ) iambic . ( b ) trochaic . ( c ) spondaic . ( d ) pyrrhic . 4. A unit of verse having two stressed ...
... trochaic . ( c ) anapestic . ( d ) dactylic . 3. A unit of verse having a stressed syllable followed by an unstressed is called ( a ) iambic . ( b ) trochaic . ( c ) spondaic . ( d ) pyrrhic . 4. A unit of verse having two stressed ...
Contents
ENRICHMENT | 16 |
POETRY AND PROSE | 33 |
THE MECHANICS OF POETRY | 49 |
Copyright | |
8 other sections not shown
Other editions - View all
Common terms and phrases
accented alliteration anapestic Antony assonance beauty beginning blank verse breath cadence CALIFORNIA LIBRARY called cesura chapter Charmian choices Cleopatra cloud consonants couplet dark dead death delight discussion doth dreams earth effect Elegy elements emotion enrichment epic EXERCISE expression eyes feeling flowers free verse give harmony hath heart heaven heroic couplet iambic pentameter idea Iliad John Brown's Body language light lines long day wanes look lyric means metaphor meter metrical mind mood moon nature never night o'er onomatopoetic Paradise Lost passage phrase poem poet poet's poetic poetry prose reader rhyme rhythm rhythmic seems selection sense sestet Shakespeare sing sleep song sonnet soul sound speech spondees stanzas stars stressed sweet syllables symbolic thee thine things thou thought tion tone trochaic verse voice vowel wind words