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... feet in depth below The massy waters meet and flow . " This might seem to be a violation of our prin- ciple . But a second thought shows that it is not . " Nine hundred and fifty - five feet " would be such a violation , because we ...
... feet in depth below The massy waters meet and flow . " This might seem to be a violation of our prin- ciple . But a second thought shows that it is not . " Nine hundred and fifty - five feet " would be such a violation , because we ...
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... feet , hours , and the like . When Spenser would tell us the time , he says : " By this the northern Wagoner had set . " When Keats would indicate a certain distance , he writes : " About a young bird's flutter from the wood . " The ...
... feet , hours , and the like . When Spenser would tell us the time , he says : " By this the northern Wagoner had set . " When Keats would indicate a certain distance , he writes : " About a young bird's flutter from the wood . " The ...
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... feet are the IAMB ( ) and the TROCHEE ( _ ~ ) . . ་ The three - syllable feet are the ANAPEST ( _ ) and the DACTYL ( _ ~ ~ ) . To these may be added the SPONDEE ( _ ) , a foot of two heavy or nearly equally stressed syllables , which is ...
... feet are the IAMB ( ) and the TROCHEE ( _ ~ ) . . ་ The three - syllable feet are the ANAPEST ( _ ) and the DACTYL ( _ ~ ~ ) . To these may be added the SPONDEE ( _ ) , a foot of two heavy or nearly equally stressed syllables , which is ...
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... feet it contains . A line of One foot MONOMETER Five feet Six feet Seven feet Two feet - DIMETER Three feet Four feet = = = TRIMETER = PENTAMETER = HEXAMETER = HEPTAMETER TETRAMETER Eight feet = OCTOMETER The line is then further ...
... feet it contains . A line of One foot MONOMETER Five feet Six feet Seven feet Two feet - DIMETER Three feet Four feet = = = TRIMETER = PENTAMETER = HEXAMETER = HEPTAMETER TETRAMETER Eight feet = OCTOMETER The line is then further ...
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Francis Turner Palgrave. are from three to five feet in length ; in narrative and dramatic verse , from four to six feet . The great English verse * is unquestionably the iambic pentameter . It is used , with rhyme , for most long ...
Francis Turner Palgrave. are from three to five feet in length ; in narrative and dramatic verse , from four to six feet . The great English verse * is unquestionably the iambic pentameter . It is used , with rhyme , for most long ...
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anapestic Arethuse beauty beneath birds bonnie bower breast breath bright Brignall CASTLE OF CHILLON clouds County Guy dactylic dark dead dear death deep delight dost doth dream earth eyes fair fancy fear feel feet flowers frae gentle glory Gray green H. F. Lyte happy hast hath hear heard heart heaven hill iambic pentameter kiss leaves light live look'd Lord Lord Byron Love's Lycidas lyre lyric Milton mind morn mountains Muse ne'er never night numbers Nymph o'er P. B. Shelley passion Pindaric pleasure poem poet poetry rhyme rose round seem'd shade Shakespeare sigh silent sing sleep smile soft song sorrow soul sound spirit Spring stanzas star sweet tears tell thee thine things thou art thought tree trochaic trochee Twas verse voice waly waly waves weep wild winds wings Wordsworth Yarrow youth