| 单词 | octosyllabic |
| 例句 | It’s dizzying — nearly 22,000 lines of octosyllabic Old French couplets. She Tackled Aristotle in an Opera. Next Up: Medieval French Couplets. 2018-01-26T05:00:00Z Metrically varied, the lines are mostly octosyllabic, and that count-of-eight seems fundamental, even where the audible syllable count is less, as in stanza three, line eight. Poem of the week: The Overcoat by Peter McDonald 2013-04-15T09:51:10Z It is composed in octosyllabic verses, which rhyme in couplets; each verse presenting to the student some useful Chinese notion, either in morals or in general knowledge. The History of the Great and Mighty Kingdom of China and the Situation Thereof, Volume I (of 2) 2012-03-01T03:00:25.290Z Ron′del, a form of French verse, earlier than the rondeau, consisting of thirteen octosyllabic or decasyllabic lines on two rhymes—practised by Charles of Orleans, &c.; Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 3 of 4: N-R) 2012-01-30T03:00:13.887Z This is an octosyllabic poem in French verse, written by Ambroise, a Norman trouv�re who followed Richard I. to the Holy Land. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 7, Slice 7 "Crocoite" to "Cuba" 2012-01-22T03:00:24.397Z The romances are in octosyllabic couplets or in prose, and their language is different from that of the chansons, and contains much fewer of the usual epic repetitions and stock phrases. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 11, Slice 2 "French Literature" to "Frost, William" 2011-10-14T02:00:26.280Z His Bruce, a metrical hist. in 13,000 octosyllabic lines, is a chronicle of the life of King Robert I., and has historical value as well as literary merit. A Brief Handbook of English Authors 2011-08-15T02:00:26.603Z Most of the jongleurs who wrote these merry and indecent tales in octosyllabic verse were persons of less distinction. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 10, Slice 1 "Evangelical Church Conference" to "Fairbairn, Sir William" 2011-07-16T02:00:16.387Z The added length is partly explained by meter: Mandeville's octosyllabic line is less capacious, as a rule, than La Fontaine's flexible one. Aesop Dress'd Or a collection of Fables This is a poem not much shorter than the Voir Dit, but continuously octosyllabic and very spirited. A Short History of French Literature A single manuscript contains forty miracles of the Virgin, averaging from 1200 to 1500 lines each, written in octosyllabic couplets, and at least as old as the 14th century, most of them perhaps much earlier. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 11, Slice 2 "French Literature" to "Frost, William" 2011-10-14T02:00:26.280Z Every poem but one in this collection is written in short octosyllabic verse, and every one is what the title implies,—a precious stone, a chiseled gem. Library of the World's Best Literature, Ancient and Modern, Vol. 15 Butler made the octosyllabic couplet so entirely his own, for the purposes of his jogging satiric verse, that ever since it has frequently been called "Hudibrastic." English Verse Specimens Illustrating its Principles and History "Man as Cook", also by Dr. Kuntz, is a clever bit of humorous verse in octosyllabic couplets. Writings in the United Amateur, 1915-1922 Nothing, for instance, can be less suitable for historical or scientific disquisition than the octosyllabic metre of a satiric poem. A Short History of French Literature Green's poems, written in octosyllabic metre, were published after his death. The Age of Pope (1700-1744) Its being in octosyllabic rhyme is not against it, however; although he abandoned rhyme almost altogether at or before this period. The Galaxy Vol. 23, No. 1 Swift made use of the octosyllabic couplet in nearly all his verse, and with no little vigor and originality. English Verse Specimens Illustrating its Principles and History His favorite measure is the octosyllabic couplet, and in his skilled hands this simple metre assumes a new and sparkling lustre. Writings in the United Amateur, 1915-1922 This is a very interesting poem consisting of more than 9000 lines, mostly octosyllabic couplets, with ballades, etc. interspersed, one of which is given at the end of this chapter. A Short History of French Literature Here, as there, the 'introductions' are, for the most part, if not throughout, in continuous octosyllabic couplets. Sir Walter Scott Famous Scots Series All these poems are composed in the swift octosyllabic verse; the Troy extends to thirty thousand lines. A History of French Literature Short Histories of the Literatures of the World: II. The first group is made up of the various descendants of the original "long line," sometimes rimed and sometimes unrimed; the second group of forms of the familiar octosyllabic couplet. English Verse Specimens Illustrating its Principles and History "Prayers", a religious poem by Rev. Robert L. Selle, D. D., displays the classic touch of the eighteenth century in its regular octosyllabic couplets, having some resemblance to the work of the celebrated Dr. Watts. Writings in the United Amateur, 1915-1922 The simplest and oldest was called simply vers; it had few artificial rules, was written in octosyllabic lines, and arranged in stanzas. A Short History of French Literature The poem was left unfinished; it is written in octosyllabic couplets, with four accents or beats. A Literary History of the English People From the Origins to the Renaissance More than fifty of these Lives of Saints are known, composed generally in octosyllabic verse, and varying in length from some hundreds of lines to ten thousand. A History of French Literature Short Histories of the Literatures of the World: II. Mr. Gosse speaks of Parnell's employment of the octosyllabic couplet in this poem as "wonderfully subtle and harmonious." English Verse Specimens Illustrating its Principles and History The metre, as the lines are rendered, appears to be quite unusual; but scansion reveals the fact that it is none other than the octosyllabic couplet, disguised by the printer's art. Writings in the United Amateur, 1915-1922 But the vogue of this story was very largely increased by a trouvère who used not prose but octosyllabic verse for his medium. A Short History of French Literature They are written in an irregular kind of octosyllabic verse. A Brief History of the English Language and Literature, Vol. 2 The fabliaux, it is true, are in octosyllabic verse; but octosyllabic verse is certainly older than the fabliaux, which have nothing to do with the Lives of the Saints. The Flourishing of Romance and the Rise of Allegory (Periods of European Literature, vol. II) Lewis, C. M., on octosyllabic couplet, 160 f.; on sources of Chaucer's verse, 179. English Verse Specimens Illustrating its Principles and History It is a relief to behold amidst the formless cacophony of modern poetry such a regular, old-fashioned specimen of the octosyllabic couplet. Writings in the United Amateur, 1915-1922 M. de Montaiglon, to be rigidly accurate, should have added that it must be in verse, and, with very rare, if any, exceptions, in octosyllabic couplets. A Short History of French Literature The English borrowed it from the French octosyllabic verse, and employed it chiefly for long narrative poems. The Principles of English Versification All these works are written in octosyllabic couplets, particularly light and skipping, somewhat destitute of force and grip, but full of grace and charm. The Flourishing of Romance and the Rise of Allegory (Periods of European Literature, vol. II) The change is marked by a return to blank verse: the previous lines are mostly in octosyllabic couplets. Milton's Comus Turning from his usual Alexandrines and heptameters, and laying aside his characteristically stately and sonorous vocabulary, Dr. Kuntz has produced a gem of brevity and simplicity in octosyllabic couplets. Writings in the United Amateur, 1915-1922 These tales are for the most part written in octosyllabic couplets on the model of Chrestien, but a very few, such as Brun de la Montaigne, imitate the exterior characteristics of the Chanson. A Short History of French Literature But the exultant strain ceases and the poet himself speaks, and with the transition in feeling comes a change in the verse; the minstrel's song was in the octosyllabic couplet associated with metrical romance. A History of English Romanticism in the Nineteenth Century It is a short tale in verse—almost invariably octosyllabic couplets—dealing, for the most part from the comic point of view, with incidents of ordinary life. The Flourishing of Romance and the Rise of Allegory (Periods of European Literature, vol. II) For the universal aspect of Gray's lament, however, it was highly apt as compared with the less majestic octosyllabic line, hitherto normal in this genre. An Elegy Wrote in a Country Church Yard (1751) and The Eton College Manuscript The poem is written in Alexandrine verses, which may be divided into octosyllabic lines, alternating with those of six syllables, as in the extract given above. English Literature, Considered as an Interpreter of English History Designed as a Manual of Instruction All these pieces kept the octosyllabic verse which the farce had consecrated. A Short History of French Literature If "The Ancient Mariner" is a ballad, "Christabel" is, in form, a roman d'aventures, or metrical chivalry tale, written in variations of the octosyllabic couplet. A History of English Romanticism in the Nineteenth Century It consists of 14,000 octosyllabic lines, and celebrates the praises of Robert the Bruce and James Douglas, the flowers of Scottish chivalry. A Short Biographical Dictionary of English Literature It is a tale of a mouse, in seven octosyllabic couplets, "The Needless Alarm," remarkable only for an unexpected correctness in rhyme, rhythm, and reason. The Life of John Ruskin This is also in octosyllabic verses, and is further remarkable for the opulence of its imagery and its variety of description. English Literature, Considered as an Interpreter of English History Designed as a Manual of Instruction But the most famous of its examples, those which now pass under the name of Marie de France, are narrative poems in octosyllabic verse and varying in length considerably. A Short History of French Literature One of your best puns, if not the best, Hatching succession apostolical, With other falsehoods diabolical, lies in an octosyllabic couplet; and what business has that in your heroic libel? The Letters of Elizabeth Barrett Browning (1 of 2) —Poet, is known as the author of The Spleen, a lively and original poem in octosyllabic verse on the subject of low spirits and the best means of prevention and cure. A Short Biographical Dictionary of English Literature He wrote by preference in what I have ventured to call the normal respiratory measure,—octosyllabic verse, in which one common expiration is enough and not too much for the articulation of each line. Ralph Waldo Emerson This poem, esteemed by the French as the finest of their old romances, was rendered by Chaucer, with considerable alterations and improvements, into octosyllabic verse. English Literature, Considered as an Interpreter of English History Designed as a Manual of Instruction Peculiarities of metre and so forth will be indicated where it is necessary, but it may be said generally that the great mass of this literature is in octosyllabic couplets. A Short History of French Literature My very dear Friend,—I hear with wonder from Arabel of your repudiation of my word 'octosyllabic' for the two lines in your controversial poem. The Letters of Elizabeth Barrett Browning (1 of 2) There follows a recapitulation of the purport in octosyllabic verse. The Travels of Marco Polo — Volume 2 The verse is mainly octosyllabic, sometimes blank, but the rough accentual 'rime' is also used. Pastoral Poetry and Pastoral Drama A Literary Inquiry, with Special Reference to the Pre-Restoration Stage in England I have endeavoured to keep to octosyllabic lines as far as possible, because they give a better idea of the original; and I have also tried to preserve the form of the songs and speeches. Apu Ollantay A Drama of the Time of the Incas But it retains the octosyllabic metre, and its general scheme, despite a somewhat greater involution of plot and multiplicity of characters, is that of a farce. A Short History of French Literature It is in stanzas, every one an octosyllabic triplet, which you will think odd, and I have not sanguinity enough to defend. The Letters of Elizabeth Barrett Browning (1 of 2) Andrew Marvell, a very moderate Puritan, joined with Milton in his office of Latin Secretary under Cromwell, wrote much poetry of various sorts, some of it in the Elizabethan octosyllabic couplet. A History of English Literature This is a modernisation in burlesque octosyllabic verse of part of Juvenal's sixth satire. Fielding In the third scene Ollantay prefers his suit to the Inca Pachacuti in octosyllabic quatrains, the first and last lines rhyming, and the second and third. Apu Ollantay A Drama of the Time of the Incas The octosyllabic verse, hitherto sacred to drama, is exchanged in Cléopâtre for a mixture of the decasyllabic and the Alexandrine, some scenes being written in the one, others in the other. A Short History of French Literature Horace is scarcely less remarkable for his terseness than for his ease: the tendency of the octosyllabic metre in its colloquial form is to become slipshod, interminable, in a word unclassical. The Satires, Epistles, and Art of Poetry Instead they exhibit the typical pseudo-classical traits of matter-of-factness and clearness; also, as Swift's personal notes, cleverness, directness, trenchant intellectual power, irony, and entire ease, to which latter the prevailing octosyllabic couplet meter contributes. A History of English Literature The metre of the poem proper is iambic, that is, with the accent on the even syllables, and octosyllabic, or eight syllables to the line. The Lady of the Lake Songs and important speeches are in quatrains of octosyllabic lines, the first and last rhyming, and the second and third. Apu Ollantay A Drama of the Time of the Incas With the second, consisting of 7699 octosyllabic verses, like those in which "The House of Fame" is written, it was found impossible to deal in the present edition. The Canterbury Tales, and Other Poems In The Angel in the House, and other earlier poems, Mr. Coventry Patmore used the octosyllabic stanza perfectly, inasmuch as he never left it either heavily or thinly packed. The Rhythm of Life |
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