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... English ; not until we come to " flowers " do we have a word that derives , through Old French , from the Latin . We can see how different the poem would sound if we Latinized it : Fate is more obscure and profound than any ocean ...
... English ; not until we come to " flowers " do we have a word that derives , through Old French , from the Latin . We can see how different the poem would sound if we Latinized it : Fate is more obscure and profound than any ocean ...
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... English versification are : IAMB TROCHEE ANAPEST DACTYL as in recalled only in a dream memories These next four , none of which could constitute a meter in itself , are found as occasional substitutes for a basic foot : Pyrrhic Spondee ...
... English versification are : IAMB TROCHEE ANAPEST DACTYL as in recalled only in a dream memories These next four , none of which could constitute a meter in itself , are found as occasional substitutes for a basic foot : Pyrrhic Spondee ...
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... English around 1580 and for a decade or so thereafter . Classicists wanted to meter English as if it were Greek or Latin - by length of syllable rather than by accent . Although we recognize that some syllables take longer to say than ...
... English around 1580 and for a decade or so thereafter . Classicists wanted to meter English as if it were Greek or Latin - by length of syllable rather than by accent . Although we recognize that some syllables take longer to say than ...
Common terms and phrases
accent alliteration Anthology beauty begins better bird blue body breath called close cold color comes dark dead death deep dreams earth effect emotion English example express eyes face fall feel feet fields flowers four Frost girl give green hair hand head hear heard heart holds human images John keep kind language leaves light lines live look meaning metaphor mind moon mouth move nature never night objects once pass play poem poet poetry rain rhyme rhythm Robert rose seems sense SHAKESPEARE shape sing sometimes song sound speech stand stanza sweet syllables symbol tell thee things thou thought trees turn verse vowel walk wind words writing Yeats young