| 单词 | heroic verse |
| 例句 | If that were the case, then Paradise Lost would be written in heroic verse, which is not true. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 13, Slice 4 "Hero" to "Hindu Chronology" 2012-04-04T02:00:56.447Z But no one before Horace had succeeded in applying the metre of heroic verse to the uses of common life. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 13, Slice 6 "Home, Daniel" to "Hortensius, Quintus" 2012-03-15T02:00:32.250Z To an edition of Delia and Rosamond, in 1594, was added the tragedy of Cleopatra, a severe study in the manner of the ancients, in alternately rhyming heroic verse, diversified by stiff choral interludes. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 7, Slice 9 "Dagupan" to "David" 2012-02-11T03:03:39.807Z Campion and Atkinson have rendered a part of it into English heroic verse. Secret Societies of the Middle Ages 2012-02-09T03:00:11.637Z These long lines had been commonly employed in Italy during the thirteenth century, before the heroic verse of eleven syllables obtained ascendancy. The Memoirs of Count Carlo Gozzi; Volume the First 2011-12-12T03:00:27.507Z It is important to insist that it is the couplet, not the single line, which constitutes heroic verse. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 13, Slice 4 "Hero" to "Hindu Chronology" 2012-04-04T02:00:56.447Z Blank′ness; Blank′-verse, verse without rhyme, esp. the heroic verse of five feet. Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 1 of 4: A-D) 2011-10-11T02:01:08.990Z The technical originality of Chaucer was, first, that he learned the secret of the ten-syllable line, and later that he used it for regular narrative and made it the proper heroic verse in English. Medieval English Literature Home University of Modern Knowledge #43 2011-09-09T02:00:56.970Z Bro. to F. B. Author Bosworth Field, a poem in heroic verse. A Brief Handbook of English Authors 2011-08-15T02:00:26.603Z Seven pages containing Gregory Nazianzen's heroic verses on the Lord's genealogy, and others on His miracles and parables, partly in red, precede κεφ. t. to St. Matthew; other such verses of Gregory precede SS. A Plain Introduction to the Criticism of the New Testament, Vol. I. 2011-06-30T02:00:27.850Z The current form of English heroic verse appears to be the invention of Chaucer, who used it in his Legend of Good Women and afterwards, with still greater freedom, in the Canterbury Tales. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 13, Slice 4 "Hero" to "Hindu Chronology" 2012-04-04T02:00:56.447Z Whenever his muse plunges into the long measure of heroic verse, she is drowned in no Heliconian stream. Amenities of Literature Consisting of Sketches and Characters of English Literature 2011-06-03T02:00:19.227Z But is the trochee suited to our heroic verse? The Real Gladstone an Anecdotal Biography 2011-05-29T02:00:07.883Z “The Battle of Aughrim,” however, because it was written in heroic verse, became so popular that it was rehearsed at almost every Irish hearth, both 132 Catholic and Protestant, in the north. Humours of Irish Life 2011-04-19T02:00:16.057Z This was followed by The Rival Ladies, and The Indian Queen, a tragedy on Montezuma in heroic verse, written in collaboration with Sir Robert Howard, whose sister, Lady Elizabeth Howard, Dryden married in 1663. The New Gresham Encyclopedia Volume 4, Part 1: Deposition to Eberswalde 2011-04-14T02:00:57.977Z Since the middle of the 17th century, when heroic verse became the typical and for a while almost the solitary form in which serious English poetry was written, its history has known many vicissitudes. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 13, Slice 4 "Hero" to "Hindu Chronology" 2012-04-04T02:00:56.447Z He is no mere jongleur or Cantatore da Banca, but a new Sir Tristram, celebrating in heroic verse the valorous deeds and amorous emotions of which he had himself partaken. Renaissance in Italy: Italian Literature Part 1 (of 2) 2011-04-09T02:00:14.990Z It is partly in rhymed heroic verse, like the stilted tragedies of the Howards and Killigrews, but it contains comic scenes that are exceedingly bright and fresh. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 9, Slice 7 "Equation" to "Ethics" 2011-02-27T03:00:31.973Z He then published Sketches of Travel and Society beyond the Atlantic—a satiric work in heroic verse, vigorously written, but politically evincing a miserable short-sightedness. The International Monthly, Volume 5, No. 4, April, 1852 2011-02-23T03:00:33.760Z This type, in English literature, is commonly, though not at all universally, cast in heroic verse. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 9, Slice 6 "English Language" to "Epsom Salts" 2011-02-19T03:00:59.807Z Some, in heroic verse, divinely sing; Others in artful measures lead the ring. Studies in the Poetry of Italy, I. Roman 2011-02-06T03:00:58.870Z Milton's style in Paradise Lost is unrhymed heroic verse, which seems to move easily with the thought of the poet. Comfort Found in Good Old Books 2011-01-31T03:00:11.907Z Pope, however, conceived an essay in heroic verse. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 9, Slice 7 "Equation" to "Ethics" 2011-02-27T03:00:31.973Z This work is therefore a complete corpus of Gaelic heroic verse. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 5, Slice 5 "Cat" to "Celt" Here it was that for the first time he fully displayed his mastery over heroic verse. Library of the World's Best literature, Ancient and Modern, Vol. 12 It might, indeed, be employed as against that old heresy, not even yet entirely discarded, that smoothness of heroic verse was the invention of Waller. English Verse Specimens Illustrating its Principles and History What a romantic achievement, worthy to be sung in heroic verse, was the finding of Livingstone by Stanley! The Intellectual Life In this specimen of heroic verse he inclines toward the practice of Keats, and does not always confine single thoughts to single couplets in the manner of the eighteenth-century poets. Writings in the United Amateur, 1915-1922 The president soon discovered Jim's love for heroic verse and at once, by wise selection, made it possible to tie that up with books. The Preacher of Cedar Mountain A Tale of the Open Country Two gypsies, a man and a woman, both famous singers, sang verses of a tender character and appropriate to the occasion; and the school-master read epithalamium in heroic verse. Pepita Ximenez "Spenser," says Mr. Fletcher, "revived for 'heroic verse' the neglected variety in unity of his self-acknowledged master, Chaucer." English Verse Specimens Illustrating its Principles and History In an essay thereon, prefixed to the "Conquest of Grenada," in the pride of success he says, "whether heroic verse ought to be admitted into Serious Plays, is not now to be disputed." Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine - Volume 57, No. 352, February 1845 "A Mississippi Autumn" was written as prose by Mrs. Renshaw, and set in heroic verse without change of ideas by the present critic. Writings in the United Amateur, 1915-1922 His ready tongue, his gift of reciting funny or heroic verse, and his happy moods had made him a general favourite, the king of the stable yard. The Preacher of Cedar Mountain A Tale of the Open Country Here we find the number of pauses, or musical bars, which, in an heroic verse, is commonly two, increased to three. The Poetical Works of William Collins With a Memoir Schipper relegates to a foot-note the suggestion that our heroic verse may have originated in a different way, either through an abridgment of the alexandrine or through an extension of the four-foot line. English Verse Specimens Illustrating its Principles and History As the ancient heroes were at least six feet high, this is probably the reason why it is also called an heroic verse. The Comic Latin Grammar A new and facetious introduction to the Latin tongue Ovid now produced a work of greater compass, the Metamorphoses, in fifteen Books of heroic verse. The Student's Companion to Latin Authors For his native glibness was doubly helped by the vast, unprintable vocabularies of his chosen world, as well as by choice phrases from heroic verse that were a more exact reflex of his mind. The Preacher of Cedar Mountain A Tale of the Open Country His success in oriental romance, 187; and in heroic verse, 190. Studies in Literature and History It will be observed that while Shakspere's heroic verse is usually fairly regular, with not very many run-on lines, it yet differs in quality from that of satires. English Verse Specimens Illustrating its Principles and History Most of Shakespeare’s plays are written in blank verse, which is unrhymed iambic pentameter, called heroic verse. Journeys Through Bookland, Vol. 10 The Guide These three books," said the priest, "are the best that are written in heroic verse in the Castilian tongue, and may stand in competition with the most renowned works of Italy. Wit and Wisdom of Don Quixote This was followed by the "Hope of the World," a poem, in heroic verse, published in 1839. The Modern Scottish Minstrel, Volume VI The Songs of Scotland of the Past Half Century Nearly all the "Tales" are written in heroic verse, rhyming two by two in couplets and containing five accentuated syllables. A Literary History of the English People From the Origins to the Renaissance In Milton's own prefatory note to Paradise Lost, he called his blank verse "English heroic verse without rime." English Verse Specimens Illustrating its Principles and History His bookseller bought his heroic verses for one hundred sols the hundred lines, and the smaller ones for fifty sols. Curiosities of Literature, Vol. 1 Her image appeared to him every night, and with a menacing tone repeated this heroic verse— 'Go to the fate which pride and lust prepare!' The Works of Lord Byron. Vol. 4 It is difficult to render into readable English this species of German heroic verse so as to preserve its rhythm. Napoleon and the Queen of Prussia “Do you mean to be a reciter of heroic verses?” continued Socrates, “for I have been told that you have all Homer’s works.” The Memorable Thoughts of Socrates Henry V., 140*; heroic verse of, 184; It was a lover, etc., English Verse Specimens Illustrating its Principles and History This was the year of Blenheim, and upon news of the victory Mr. Wesley sat down to commemorate it in heroic verse. Hetty Wesley The argument is ingenious enough, but his analysis of heroic verse has only a limited application, and his last reason probably was, as he was candid enough to admit, the most weighty. Sir Walter Scott as a Critic of Literature As to our author's translation, which is in heroic verse, it is much commended by verses from four of his friends. The Lives of the Poets of Great Britain and Ireland (1753) Volume II An example inimitable indeed, but which no writer of English heroic verse without rhyme can neglect with impunity. The Iliad of Homer Translated into English Blank Verse by William Cowper After that journey the heroic verse appears almost exclusively as his poetic instrument.... English Verse Specimens Illustrating its Principles and History And the most honoured of all was the singer who sang in heroic verse of their battling and their love-making and their hunting. The Workingman's Paradise An Australian Labour Novel The English grave or heroic verses are measured by triple time, as Mr. Pope's translation of Homer. Zoonomia, Vol. I Or, the Laws of Organic Life "I'm not exactly a poem," said she, "but I may pass for heroic verse." More Toasts And how, in the name of all that is or ever was heroic, has "Auld Lang Syne" crept into this collection of heroic verse? Punch, Or The London Charivari, Volume 102, January 30, 1892 Homer employed it when he wished his heroic verse to reach the great body of his countrymen. A Librarian's Open Shelf Pope has double rhymes in his heroic verses, but how does he manage them? The Letters of Elizabeth Barrett Browning (1 of 2) The first scenes were written in prose, but soon the poet realized that only the dignified heroic verse was suited to his theme. The German Classics of the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries, Volume 03 Masterpieces of German Literature Translated into English. in Twenty Volumes "In English heroic verse, the capital pause of every line, is determined by the sense to be after the fourth, the fifth, the sixth or the seventh syllable." The Grammar of English Grammars He published, the same year, an Essay on "Dramatic Poetry," vindicating his own practice of rhymed heroic verse in plays;—a stupid French innovation, which all the ingenuity of a Dryden defended in vain. The Poetical Works of John Dryden, Volume 1 With Life, Critical Dissertation, and Explanatory Notes The line Surrey used is the five-foot or ten-syllable line of what is called "heroic verse"—the line used by Chaucer in his Prologue and most of his tales. English Literature: Modern Home University Library of Modern Knowledge But how great a difference is made by a proper and temperate use of such words may be seen in heroic verse. The Spectator, Volume 2. Some report that he designed to put his laws into heroic verse, and that they began thus,— We humbly beg a blessing on our laws From mighty Jove, and honor, and applause. Plutarch: Lives of the noble Grecians and Romans Some in heroic verse divinely sing; Others in artful measures led the ring. The Aeneid English A dirge may be in racing anapæsts, laughter in the most sedate iambic measure; a solemn invocation may move in rapid three-foot lines, while grave heroic verse may contain the gayest of humours. The Lyric An Essay The music of "Sleep On!" is very sweet, and I have never seen heroic verse in which the rhyme was less obtrusive or the rhythm more diffluent. Authors and Friends The Greeks and Romans would not have done this; they would not have recorded in heroic verse the death and defeat of their fellow-countrymen. Literary Remains, Volume 1 He left a poem, the "Punica," which contains the history in heroic verse of the second Punic war. Handbook of Universal Literature From the Best and Latest Authorities But they failed, as Voltaire failed, because historical events are not by themselves the natural subjects of heroic verse. The History of Roman Literature From the earliest period to the death of Marcus Aurelius Many of the heroic verses of the Arabs contained in the Hamâsa would be unintelligible without accompanying narrative, which is nowadays preserved in the commentary. English Fairy Tales After a brilliant period at the court of Philip Augustus, where he is represented as reciting his heroic verses before the king and his surrounding, he became a monk of the Cistercian Abbey of Froidmont. Game and Playe of the Chesse A Verbatim Reprint of the First Edition, 1474 Charles the VIIIth King of France, or the Invasion of Naples by the French; this play is written in heroic verse. The Lives of the Poets of Great Britain and Ireland (1753) Volume III The "Cooper's Hill" of the first is a reflective and descriptive poem in heroic verse, and the diversified poems of the last were remarkable advances in ease and correctness of diction and versification. Handbook of Universal Literature From the Best and Latest Authorities There are indications that Roman elegy, like heroic verse, had two separate tendencies. The History of Roman Literature From the earliest period to the death of Marcus Aurelius The Epistles, which are in heroic verse, have striking passages, and the notes are of a like incisive character. A Discourse on the Life, Character and Writings of Gulian Crommelin Verplanck He writes it in the French heroic verse, and calls it an heroic poem; his subject is trivial, but his verse is noble. Discourses on Satire and on Epic Poetry The State of Innocence; or the Fall of Man, an Opera, written in heroic verse, and printed in 4to. The Lives of the Poets of Great Britain and Ireland (1753) Volume III He first passed beyond the heroic line, or at least he first used the alexandrine freely, at his pleasure, amid heroic verse; and after him Dryden took possession and then Pope. Flower of the Mind He had originally been master of a puppet-show, had written verses to order for city pageants, and produced a tragedy in heroic verse, entitled "Cambyses, King of Persia." Royalty Restored No sepulchral mound is to be piled higher than five men can raise it in five days, and the grave-stone shall not be larger than is sufficient to contain an inscription of four heroic verses. Laws Virgil has sometimes two of them in a line; but the scantiness of our heroic verse is not capable of receiving more than one; and that, too, must expiate for many others which have none. Discourses on Satire and on Epic Poetry This play is likewise written in heroic verse, and founded on history. The Lives of the Poets of Great Britain and Ireland (1753) Volume III This is true of much of the beautiful “Idylls,” but not of their best passages, nor of such magnificent heroic verse as that of the close of “A Vision of Sin,” or of “Lucretius.” Hearts of Controversy I said before, and I repeat it, that the affected purity of the French has unsinewed their heroic verse. Discourses on Satire and on Epic Poetry It is written in the stanza of eight, which is their measure for heroic verse. Discourses on Satire and on Epic Poetry |
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