A Treatise on English VersificationJohn Murray, 1827 - 334 pages |
Common terms and phrases
accented syllables admits Æneid alexandrine alliteration allowed anapestic ancient arrangement blank verse Book cæsura called censure character combination composed composition consonants couplet Cowley critics dactylic Demetrius Phalereus describes diphthong doth double rhymes Dryden eight syllables elisions English poetry English verse Essay example expression fault feet foot frequent give heroic line heroic verse hiatus Hudibras iambic Ibid Iliad imitative harmony imperfection instances kind Knight's Tale lables language last syllables Latin letter license likewise long vowel lyric measure metre Milton monosyllables Muse observed Paradise Lost pause Pindaric poem poets Pope produce pronounced pronunciation proper Pyrrhic Queen Quintilian quoted regular rough rule says second line sect sentence short vowel smooth sometimes sonnets sound species Spenser spondee stand stanza sweetness swift thing thou tion Treatise trochaic trochee unaccented variety verb versification vowel-sounds Waller words writers