单词 | iambus |
例句 | In Browning’s “Prospice,” the iambus predominates, and expresses heroic endurance and courage in meeting death; but the first foot—“Fear death”—is a spondee, and indicates the deliberative realization of the situation. Browning and the Dramatic Monologue 2011-04-30T02:00:14.330Z Trimeter iambus, consisting of six feet, which are generally all iambuses. History of Roman Literature from its Earliest Period to the Augustan Age. Volume I 2011-04-03T02:00:22.843Z In a lonely hollow walk, overgrown with sting-nettles he scanned the deadly verses on his fingers, until the murderous iambus flowed evenly upon its four feet without a halting choliambus. Withered Leaves. Vol. I. (of III) A Novel 2011-02-25T03:01:10.707Z For blank verse is but a restricted prose, because there is as often as not no natural pause at the end of the line, and because other feet may be substituted for the iambus. The Literature of Ecstasy 2011-02-16T03:00:39.843Z Archilochus made use of the iambus and the trochee, and organized them into the two forms of metre known as the iambic trimeter and the trochaic tetrameter. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 2, Slice 4 "Aram, Eugene" to "Arcueil" It is almost wholly destitute of quantity, and the intonation which supplies that want is of such a kind that hardly any foot but the iambus is possible in it. A Short History of French Literature Pherecratian, consisting of three feet, a trochee, spondee, or iambus in the first place, followed by a dactyl and spondee. History of Roman Literature from its Earliest Period to the Augustan Age. Volume I 2011-04-03T02:00:22.843Z There can be no very general agreement among readers as to the degree of accent necessary to change a pair of syllables from an "iambus" to a "pyrrhic" or a "spondee." English Verse Specimens Illustrating its Principles and History It does not have to consist of five iambuses only, but other feet may be substituted almost at the caprice of the poet. The Literature of Ecstasy 2011-02-16T03:00:39.843Z The choriambi are never used alone, but are usually preceded by a spondee and followed by an iambus. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 6, Slice 3 "Chitral" to "Cincinnati" It was not by chance that the line of five iambuses became the dominant metre of our language. Writings in the United Amateur, 1915-1922 But the tendency of the Alexandrine consisting merely of the usual iambuses, is to convey slowness—although it conveys this idea feebly, on account of conveying it indirectly. Graham's Magazine Vol XXXII No. 1 January 1848 In the fourth place, it may contain some other foot than the regular iambus. English Verse Specimens Illustrating its Principles and History This influence of the chief accent affects also combinations of two monosyllabic words which make an iambus, and combinations like ego illi, age ergo, in which the second syllable of the second word is elided. The Student's Companion to Latin Authors This may occur when the accent is upon the last syllable of the foot; that is, when the foot is an iambus or an anapest. English: Composition and Literature "Home," by Margaret Mahon, is a poem in that rather popular modern measure which seems to waver betwixt the iambus and anapaest. Writings in the United Amateur, 1915-1922 By the elision of e in the, as is customary, the whole of the intended effect is lost; for th'unbend is nothing more than the usual iambus. Graham's Magazine Vol XXXII No. 1 January 1848 Thus, the three words marked above make a choriambus -- u u, or perhaps a pæon primus - u u u; a dactyl, by virtue of comic rapidity, being only equal to an iambus when distinctly pronounced. Shakespeare, Ben Jonson, Beaumont and Fletcher Vengeance is the poet's trade, Come, iambus, to my aid 'Gainst the fools who scoff at me. Briefless Ballads and Legal Lyrics Second Series The trochee and the dactyl are interchangeable; and the iambus and the anapest are interchangeable. English: Composition and Literature The foot consisting of an unaccented followed by an accented syllable is called an iambus. Elementary Guide to Literary Criticism Thus we have learned to scan lines by iambuses, or rather by their accentual imitations, and a perfect line would consist of ten syllables, of which the alternate ones bore a rhythmical stress. The Works of William Shakespeare [Cambridge Edition] [9 vols.] Introduction and Publisher's Advertising His imagination is too bold to be confined by the petty limits of trochee or iambus. The Continental Monthly, Vol. 1, No. 1, January 1862 Devoted to Literature and National Policy In my translation I have used the iambus as the basic metrical unit throughout the entire poem. Bearslayer A free translation from the unrhymed Latvian into English heroic verse As has already been said, the iambus is the common foot of English verse. English: Composition and Literature By rapid utterance two syllables are often equal to one, and in this way an anapest is frequently used with the time value of an iambus. Elementary Guide to Literary Criticism Never take an iambus for a Christian name. The Art of Letters The daintiest alternation of iambus and trochee is joined to the serpent's cunning in swiftly tripping dactyls. Shandygaff There are four regular feet in English verse, the iambus, the anapest, the trochee, and the dactyl. Composition-Rhetoric It will, no doubt, be considered ridiculous by the Fannii and Fanniae of our day to talk of varying the trochee with the iambus, or of resolving either into the tribrach. Famous Reviews Thus the three words marked above make a 'choriambus'—u u —, or perhaps a 'paeon primus'—u u u; a dactyl, by virtue of comic rapidity, being only equal to an iambus when distinctly pronounced. Literary Remains, Volume 2 Only we must be careful that by "iambus," in English poetry, we meant an unstressed syllable, rather than a short syllable followed by a long one. A Study of Poetry The elegy and iambus contain the germ of the lyric style, though they do not themselves come under that head. Handbook of Universal Literature From the Best and Latest Authorities For the sake of convenience the accented syllables are indicated thus: _, and the unaccented syllables thus: U. An iambus is a foot consisting of two syllables with the accent on the last. Composition-Rhetoric The iambus is not much in vogue among the Romans as a separate form of poetry; it is more often interspersed with other rhythms. The History of Roman Literature From the earliest period to the death of Marcus Aurelius Watson he especially praises for his refusal to publish Absolon because in several places an anapest was substituted for an iambus. Rhetoric and Poetry in the Renaissance A Study of Rhetorical Terms in English Renaissance Literary Criticism He could make Greek iambics, and doubted whether the bishop knew the difference between an iambus and a trochee. The Last Chronicle of Barset This may be believed when we find that she makes the i of iambus long! The History of Roman Literature From the earliest period to the death of Marcus Aurelius Since both the iambus and the anapest are accented on the last syllable, they may be interchanged. Composition-Rhetoric |
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