| 单词 | prosody |
| 例句 | A single stressed syllable, then a trochee, then a dactyl, for prosody nerds. Words Like Loaded Pistols 2011-10-20T00:00:00Z One is to provide the reader with hints about prosody, thus bringing writing a bit closer to speech. The Sense of Style 2014-09-04T00:00:00Z There is now no English poet whose work I look forward to as much as Reid's: he has a voice purely his own, and a mastery of prosody. Books of the year 2012: authors choose their favourites 2012-11-23T22:55:14Z In praising one of his heroes he talks of "closely identifying the prosody of detail and organisation of building to clear social and environmental agendas". All Over the Map: Writing on Buildings and Cities by Michael Sorkin ? review 2011-08-25T13:51:03Z After the generous slab of foie gras that is the Porter score for “Kiss Me, Kate,” the workaday prosody of Tim Rice’s lyrics for “Evita” tastes like a cold hot dog. Christopher Plummer in Stratford, Ontario 2010-07-09T04:28:00Z He rejects Chomsky’s theory of a “language organ” in the brain and instead takes up Darwin’s emphasis on prosody — the notion that the melody and rhythms of speech are what move us toward language. Get to Know Your Larynx. Then Make Some Noise. 2021-02-10T05:00:00Z Spencer showed a wonderful sense of prosody and storytelling in “I Know My Soul,” and Thompson sounded an exultant, if sometimes strident, call to celebration in “My People.” Review: Lawrence Brownlee Makes Room for Black Composers 2023-03-24T04:00:00Z Along with prosody, language acquisition depends on the simplified sentences and exaggerated emphases of caregivers’ vocalizations and reinforcements. Get to Know Your Larynx. Then Make Some Noise. 2021-02-10T05:00:00Z It requires performers to match the pitch and prosody of their lines to the chords of a prerecorded electronic score that progresses with the ooze and splash of a lava lamp. How Young Singers Get Used to ‘Dust’ in Their Mouths 2017-01-27T05:00:00Z Share’s notes, on the other hand, run to thirty-nine pages, and illuminate the poem’s embroidery of references—to sonata structure, Welsh prosody, Northumbrian history, sailing terms. The Improbable Life and Prescient Poetry of Basil Bunting 2016-08-02T04:00:00Z In example after example — from the majesty of Melville to the brutal Glasgow slang of Irvine Welsh’s “Trainspotting” — the semicolon is a miracle of prosody. A Defense of the Semicolon and Other Adventures in the English Language 2019-07-30T04:00:00Z There he is at last with the seemingly endless scroll of paper that will allow him to type uninterrupted using the new mode of "spontaneous bop prosody" he's created. On the Road – review 2012-10-13T23:06:07Z The metre is the alexandrine, traditionally the standard, 12-syllable unit of French prosody. Poem of the week: Going, Going... by Leah Fritz 2011-08-22T09:18:53Z “French 2-day-olds wailed on a rising pitch contour, mirroring the melodic patterns of spoken French; German newborns cry on a downward arc typical of that language’s prosody.” Get to Know Your Larynx. Then Make Some Noise. 2021-02-10T05:00:00Z Among the “64 arts” a woman should master are “improvisation of poetry; knowledge of dictionaries; knowledge of prosody” and “reciting difficult verses.” Books of The Times: The Kama Sutra, Newly Translated 2012-01-31T17:03:33Z Conventional prosody in English is based on an issue that is largely binary: stressed and unstressed syllables. Translating poetry might be beyond Google ? but we'll have fun watching it try 2010-10-24T21:00:00Z My colleague Scott, who had studied prosody with Thomson, brought practical know-how to his coaching of the students. When a Critic Put on the ‘Best of All American Operas’ 2020-01-22T05:00:00Z Meredith Martin, an assistant professor of English at Princeton who is studying the history of poetic form, was interested in the terms “prosody,” “meter” and “verse.” Analyzing Literature by the Words, but Also the Numbers 2010-12-03T20:30:00Z The emotional contagion through which we pick up another person’s moods via subtle changes in body language, prosody, facial expression, and so on can also be very fast, and these changes are often largely subconscious. Mind reading is possible! 2012-12-15T23:00:00Z In the Bartok, the prosody was a little French-sounding — short notes sometimes too light, even when on strong beats — and there were a few stray intonation problems near the end. Some ‘perfect cello playing’ by Marc Coppey 2015-03-30T04:00:00Z His purpose is to discuss rap and hip-hop with some of its biggest stars, as far as possible concentrating on the technical aspects of composition – the prosody of rap. Something from Nothing: The Art of Rap – review 2012-07-18T20:40:01Z She recalled finding a sudden explosion of the words “syntax” and “prosody” in 1832, suggesting a spirited debate about poetic structure. Analyzing Literature by the Words, but Also the Numbers 2010-12-03T20:30:00Z This juxtaposition is far from coincidental, as the researchers' experiments revealed that dog brains respond in the same positive ways to exaggerated prosody as our very own infants. Experts say you should talk to your dog like a baby. A surprising new study reveals the canine brain 2023-08-28T04:00:00Z If a brain-computer interface could re-create someone’s speech with the inherent prosody and emotional weight found in music, it could reconstruct far more than just words. Neuroscientists Re-create Pink Floyd Song from Listeners’ Brain Activity 2023-08-15T04:00:00Z Linguists call this language feature “prosody,” something machines have had a hard time mastering. How Amazon Taught Alexa to Speak in an Irish Brogue 2023-07-01T04:00:00Z Seldom, though, has a guidebook to prosody ever been so sprightly, so much fun to read, with deeply knowledgeable insights gingered throughout with low-keyed humor. Review | Poetry matters. Two new books remind us why. 2022-04-27T04:00:00Z So today, he’s overseas with new people, listening to them closely, familiarizing himself with everything from the songs they like to the prosody of their speech. The Khan is using his deepest voice to reach higher heights 2022-03-09T05:00:00Z Her academic pedigree shows when she discusses Jefferson’s fascination with cadence, “which lilts along on iambic feet”; she invokes his little-known study of English prosody and “the importance of pauses to poetic language.” Review | Four presidents who put Virginia’s stamp on early America 2020-10-29T04:00:00Z They appear in Chandaḥśāstra, a treatise on Sanskrit prosody by Indian mathematician Piṅgala, who lived around the 2nd or 3rd century BCE. Computation in Service of Poetry 2020-02-23T05:00:00Z What makes McCrae’s compositions so ingenious are their marvels of prosody and form, learned from the English Renaissance poems that he read in libraries when he was just starting out. Shane McCrae’s Poems to America 2019-02-04T05:00:00Z Nevertheless, there are differences between print and audio, notably prosody. Opinion | Is Listening to a Book the Same Thing as Reading It? 2018-12-08T05:00:00Z “I mean, the prosody that delivers the music that embodies and reveals the telling. It can’t be taught. You get there by listening.” Lit Life: Sam Hamill, ‘the dean of Northwest poets,’ left major mark on Northwest publishing world 2018-04-26T04:00:00Z Bass and baritone voices filled the hall with sonorous prosody, every word distinctly heard, their right arms moving together to mark pitch and accent. A Neuroscientist Explores the "Sanskrit Effect" 2018-01-02T05:00:00Z As Google's conversation and persona design lead, he's an expert in linguistics and prosody, a field that examines the patterns of stress and intonation in language. Google Wants to Give Your Computer a Personality 0002-11-29T05:00:00Z In the following sentence he writes: “If there are any brothers with you who know about poetic metre, please inform me, and if you have any books on classical prosody, please send them to me.” The art of making a jihadist 2017-07-23T04:00:00Z Even his own voice, he writes, “became more expressive, with more tonal change and more change in rhythm or prosody.” What it’s like for someone with Asperger’s suddenly to connect with the world 2016-03-17T04:00:00Z Linguists call this “prosody,” the ability to add correct stress, intonation or sentiment to spoken language. Creating a Computer Voice That People Like 2016-02-14T05:00:00Z The pandits also showed substantially thickening of right temporal cortex regions that are associated with speech prosody and voice identity. A Neuroscientist Explores the "Sanskrit Effect" 2018-01-02T05:00:00Z This puts extraordinary pressure on the fundamentals of prosody. Venus Reborn 2015-10-19T04:00:00Z We were born with the innate capability to communicate through our postures, gestures, facial expressions, and vocal prosody. Your Body Language On A Videoconference 2014-05-30T04:00:00Z He also noted that Adam ‘had relatively little spontaneous speech but responded in a flat tone with little inflection and almost mechanical prosody,'” according to the New Yorker article. Adam Lanza’s Father, in First Public Comments, Says ‘You Can’t Get Any More Evil’ 2014-03-10T18:08:05Z "The intonation, what's termed the prosody - the tune you use to speak - if you are happy it rolls along quite nicely. If you are sad it's more abrupt - and the language used." Why isn't Siri like AI in movies? 2014-02-13T00:13:15Z Learn the tools to write songs that revolve around prosody — the matching of lyrics and music to support an underlying message. A look at some MOOCs, or massive open online courses 2013-06-16T21:09:20Z He has a good ear for rhythm; but we often find him tripping in his prosody. The Catholic World; Volume I, Issues 1-6 A Monthly Eclectic Magazine 2012-04-05T02:00:40.207Z Mr. Stent is a high authority in the Chinese language and literature, but is not at home in English prosody. Caricature and Other Comic Art in all Times and many Lands. 2012-04-04T02:00:59.277Z We must ask When was the first verse composed in Hindī, whether with or without foreign admixture, according to the forms of Persian prosody, and not in those of the indigenous metrical system? Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 13, Slice 4 "Hero" to "Hindu Chronology" 2012-04-04T02:00:56.447Z In modern prosody the accented syllable takes the place of the long and the unaccented of the short; as, proÐphet¶ic. Webster's Unabridged Dictionary 2012-03-24T02:00:23.513Z Mr. De Selincourt's analysis of Whitman's form is instructive, appreciative, though a trifle academic, not wholly emancipated from schoolroom rules of prosody. The Critical Game 2012-01-05T03:00:38.527Z As a rule he adhered more to the quantity of a line than the ordinary reciter, for he had the rare gift of making the accent felt, without perceptibly altering the prosody. Tennyson and His Friends 2011-12-28T03:00:32.373Z Ahmad, POETRY, LITERATURE, AND SCIENCE286 the inventor of Arabic prosody, that it lay in their power to make or mar the reputation of a rising poet as they deemed fit. A Literary History of the Arabs 2011-11-13T03:00:15.660Z It is not admitted in the ordinary prosody. The Poetical Works of Robert Bridges 2011-10-22T02:00:26.887Z But the whole tendency of the period has been to relax the stringency of French prosody. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 11, Slice 2 "French Literature" to "Frost, William" 2011-10-14T02:00:26.280Z Book after book had he, grammars of both tongues, prosodies likewise, Roman and Greek antiquities, to say nothing of the huge classical dictionary. From School to Battle-field A Story of the War Days 2011-10-10T02:00:19.987Z All nations have laws of prosody, which undergo changes from time to time. Some Imagist Poets, 1916 An Annual Anthology 2011-09-20T02:00:14.543Z Their names and laws were unknown to the Pre-islamic bards: the rules of prosody were first deduced from the ancient poems and systematised by the grammarian, Khalíl b. A Literary History of the Arabs 2011-11-13T03:00:15.660Z His system is based primarily on Latin prosody, but reconciled with English usage. A History of Literary Criticism in the Renaissance With special reference to the influence of Italy in the formation and development of modern classicism 2011-05-30T02:00:13.147Z And the whole history of prosody and poetry teaches us that though similar changes often come in as it were unperceived, they scarcely ever take root in the language unless a great poet adopts them. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 11, Slice 2 "French Literature" to "Frost, William" 2011-10-14T02:00:26.280Z The Greek character of the speech of the Marseillais sailors was noticed by the Abb� Papon, who attributed to the same source the peculiar prosody and intonation 197 of the street cries of Marseilles. Essays in the Study of Folk-Songs (1886) 2011-05-28T02:00:21.687Z The laws of English metrical prosody are well known to every one concerned with the subject. Some Imagist Poets, 1916 An Annual Anthology 2011-09-20T02:00:14.543Z Many of these songs and ballads were composed in the vulgar dialect and without regard to the rules of classical prosody. A Literary History of the Arabs 2011-11-13T03:00:15.660Z According to the former, English verse is to be regulated by Latin prosody regardless of accent; according to the latter, by accent regardless of Latin prosody. A History of Literary Criticism in the Renaissance With special reference to the influence of Italy in the formation and development of modern classicism 2011-05-30T02:00:13.147Z Nobody has the copyright of any possible metre or rhythm in English prosody. The Letters of Ambrose Bierce With a Memoir by George Sterling 2011-05-26T02:00:19.673Z I had always been afraid of the difficulties of French prosody. An Autobiography 2011-05-21T02:00:10.850Z But that is only one form of prosody. Some Imagist Poets, 1916 An Annual Anthology 2011-09-20T02:00:14.543Z In works on arithmetic and prosody, they deliberately wrote out long words which meant nothing if looked at as parts of a sentence, but stood for so many numbers if the reader had the clew. St. Nicholas Vol. XIII, September, 1886, No. 11 An Illustrated Magazine for Young Folks 2011-05-07T02:00:31.650Z According to Drant's system, the quantity of English words was to be regulated entirely by the laws of Latin prosody,—by position, diphthong, and the like. A History of Literary Criticism in the Renaissance With special reference to the influence of Italy in the formation and development of modern classicism 2011-05-30T02:00:13.147Z The manual opens with a discussion of the fundamental ideas of metre and the chief rules of prosody, and ends with a detailed analysis of the metres of Horace. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 10, Slice 6 "Foraminifera" to "Fox, Edward" 2011-04-22T02:00:08.637Z What seems tolerably certain is that the modern Italian hendecasyllable was suggested by one of the Latin eleven-syllabled meters, but that, in the decay of quantitative prosody, an iambic rhythm asserted itself. Renaissance in Italy: Italian Literature Part 1 (of 2) 2011-04-09T02:00:14.990Z But is it not possible that he meant a verse based upon rhythm, but which did not follow the strict metrical prosody of his usual practice? Some Imagist Poets, 1916 An Annual Anthology 2011-09-20T02:00:14.543Z During his seven years of residence grammar, syntax, prosody were never mentioned. The Radicalism of Shelley and Its Sources 2011-03-08T03:00:45.010Z It inspired the recovery, with new modulations, of a lost music and a lost prosody. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 9, Slice 6 "English Language" to "Epsom Salts" 2011-02-19T03:00:59.807Z They should not encumber themselves with the shackles of a new prosody. The Literature of Ecstasy 2011-02-16T03:00:39.843Z Clearly, a prosody which applied to one system could not apply to the other, and to suppose that it did was Bysshe's sole but disastrous mistake. The Art of English Poetry (1708) 2011-01-29T03:00:20.010Z In 1889, it is true, a new poet Herman Gorter, made his appearance with a volume of strange verses called May, eccentric both in prosody and in treatment. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 8, Slice 8 "Dubner" to "Dyeing" 2010-12-26T03:00:17.840Z Wagner has looked at prosody, which means the rhythm, stress and intonation of speech. What if We Used Poetry to Teach Computers to Speak Better? 2010-11-19T19:21:00Z Grammar and prosody were studied in India with a marvellous accuracy and minuteness several centuries before Christ. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 2, Slice 7 "Arundel, Thomas" to "Athens" The test of poetry is not in the form which the writer uses, or in compliance with rules of prosody, but in the soul of the reader or hearer. The Literature of Ecstasy 2011-02-16T03:00:39.843Z The "Rules For making English Verse," which is the most important part of Bysshe's work, is the first attempt to treat English prosody in a systematic and comprehensive way. The Art of English Poetry (1708) 2011-01-29T03:00:20.010Z Now, neither by instinct nor by critical study was Arnold ever able to apprehend this law of prosody. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 2, Slice 6 "Armour Plates" to "Arundel, Earls of" Poetry relies heavily on prosody, and by making a comparison between languages, he is able to uncover how prosody functions differently in English and French. What if We Used Poetry to Teach Computers to Speak Better? 2010-11-19T19:21:00Z An epitome of the great work of Herodian on general prosody in twenty books, wrongly attributed to Arcadius, is probably the work of Theodosius of Alexandria or a grammarian named Aristodemus. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 2, Slice 4 "Aram, Eugene" to "Arcueil" Books on prosody and poetry appeared after the founding of the system of Arabic meters by Khalil b. The Literature of Ecstasy 2011-02-16T03:00:39.843Z This is highly important because it shows that although the nomina basis of his prosody is both accentual and syllabic, the latter element is really its defining principle. The Art of English Poetry (1708) 2011-01-29T03:00:20.010Z Ar�sis, a term applied in prosody to that syllable in a measure where the emphasis is put; in elocution, the elevation of the voice, in distinction from thesis, or its depression. The New Gresham Encyclopedia. Vol. 1 Part 2 Amiel to Atrauli "It's sort of a bug of the way English uses prosody," Wagner said, "but one that hardly ever creates a problem, because it occurs so rarely in natural speech." What if We Used Poetry to Teach Computers to Speak Better? 2010-11-19T19:21:00Z The poem, consisting of some 2500 hexameters, is of little merit, being full of mystical and allegorical interpretations and long-winded digressions; the versification, except for certain eccentricities in prosody, is generally correct. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 2, Slice 4 "Aram, Eugene" to "Arcueil" Those who have mastered the rules of prosody are certain that they can judge the qualities of poetry. The Literature of Ecstasy 2011-02-16T03:00:39.843Z But three weeks before his death he wrote an essay upon Latin prosody and the faults of public speakers. Sages and Heroes of the American Revolution The Sonnet, together with the Ottava Rima, seems to have been the invention of the Provincial bards, but to have been reduced to its present rhythmical prosody by some of the earliest Italian poets. A History of English Poetry: an Unpublished Continuation His verses, which are absolutely refractory to the common laws of prosody, may be readily scanned by the application of this principle. View of the State of Europe during the Middle Ages, Vol. 3 Mairi was as perfect an example of the folk-minstrel as Celtic literature can provide; for she could not even write, although her prosody is elaborate, and her metres often intricate and original to a degree. Library of the World's Best Literature, Ancient and Modern, Vol. VIII We have confused poetry with prosody, instead of identifying it with the unconscious. The Literature of Ecstasy 2011-02-16T03:00:39.843Z My lines but seldom scanned, for I could not understand the prosody in the books, although there were many lines that taken by themselves had music. Reveries over Childhood and Youth It is impossible for us here to enter into the question of Irish prosody in any Prosody. great detail. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 5, Slice 5 "Cat" to "Celt" Now Tristrem never got into difficulties, except with Latin prosody or a Greek root, and he was frank to a fault. The Truth About Tristrem Varick A Novel After his coming the bards threw away their superfluous prosody and wrote for the people, and became poets indeed, instead of the most ingenious of schoolmen. Library of the World's Best Literature, Ancient and Modern, Vol. VIII In these pieces the alternation of masculine and feminine rhymes, which was ultimately to become the chief distinguishing feature of French prosody, is observable, though it is by no means universal. A Short History of French Literature I spoke them slowly as I wrote and only discovered when I read them to somebody else that there was no common music, no prosody. Reveries over Childhood and Youth The new metres made their appearance in Ireland about 1600, and the learned Keating himself was one of the first to discard the ancient prosody. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 5, Slice 5 "Cat" to "Celt" I lately borrowed a quarto, fairly written by a man of learning and great knowledge in antiquities, but ignorant of the Welsh prosody, for which reason it is not very correct. Some Specimens of the Poetry of the Ancient Welsh Bards It would suit the prosody about as well, and the purpose better. A Day's Ride A Life's Romance In the one case the scaffolding, or rather the skeleton, was furnished in the shape of grammar; in the other a similar skeleton, in the shape of prosody, was supplied. A Short History of French Literature Erasmus Darwin would be one of the miracles of prosody if ‘The Loves of the Plants’ could be dated 1689 instead of 1789. The Future of English Poetry The same writer points out that the ancient treatise on Irish prosody published by Thurneysen contains no less than 340 quotations from poems, very few of which have been preserved in their entirety. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 5, Slice 5 "Cat" to "Celt" Gascoigne is the first writer who deals intelligently with the subject of English prosody. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 7, Slice 6 "Coucy-le-Château" to "Crocodile" When last I heard of her," said Classon, slowly, as he eyed his glass to the light, "she was at Chicago,—if that be the right prosody of it,—lecturing on 'Woman's Rights.' Davenport Dunn, Volume 2 (of 2) A Man Of Our Day Not merely has the language assumed a tolerably regular form, but its great division into Langue d'Oc and Langue d'Oil is already made, and grammar, prosody, and other necessities or ornaments of bookwriting, are present. A Short History of French Literature This term has never become fully domesticated in English prosody, and some object to its use on the ground that we have no feet wholly without stress. English Verse Specimens Illustrating its Principles and History He pointed out that of the residents at Boar's Hill one in every six was a true poet, and three out of every five were masters of the art of prosody. Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 158, June 16, 1920 They have sounded the depths of versification, and beside their refined, consummate facture Musset's simple devices and good-natured prosody seem to belong to a primitive stage of art. The Galaxy, June 1877 Vol. XXIII.—June, 1877.—No. 6. At Ramsey he wrote for his pupils a scholarly work dealing with points of prosody and pronunciation, and exhibiting an accurate knowledge of Virgil and Horace. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 6, Slice 4 "Cincinnatus" to "Cleruchy" With these aids and by the most elaborate attention to metre and euphony, the great poets of France have been enabled to surmount to a very large extent the corresponding difficulties of their prosody. A Short History of French Literature You try the measure by Greek and Latin prosody: you might as well try me by the Laws of Solon, or the Twelve Tables. English Verse Specimens Illustrating its Principles and History It had become a habit with me to leave any such problem of prosody to one side and take it up again only when my friend opened his piano. Aliens For that is the essence of a prosody. The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. 16 (of 25) She received a careful and very complete education, acquiring a knowledge of Latin, Spanish and Italian, and studying prosody under the direction of the poet Jean Hesnault. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 8, Slice 2 "Demijohn" to "Destructor" The same may be said of some at least of the reforms of Malherbe in prosody and the minutiæ of poetical art. A Short History of French Literature Most later writers of English hexameters have followed the line here indicated, and have frankly abandoned the effort to represent the quantities of classical prosody. English Verse Specimens Illustrating its Principles and History To listen to him is a lesson in prosody. An Ocean Tramp Teach him to speak evenly, clearly, articulately, to pronounce correctly and without affectation, to understand and use the accent demanded by grammar and prosody. Émile or, Concerning Education; Extracts She had come to ask him a technical question in prosody, as from one professor to another; but she had forgotten it altogether—at least she put it off to another visit. In a Little Town To an English eye and ear which have been trained to classical prosody the trochaic rhythm of, for instance, the Pastourelle quoted on p. A Short History of French Literature Every argument you bring convinces me more and more that the theory of our prosody depending on accent is false, and that it really is very nearly identical with the Greek.... English Verse Specimens Illustrating its Principles and History Lord Bruce was made an earl for a blunder in prosody; and Nelson was made a baron for the victory of the Nile. Henry Esmond; The English Humourists; The Four Georges On this topic, and on all topics connected with verse, there is not a prosody in existence which is not a mere jumble of the grossest error. Graham's Magazine Vol XXXII No. 1 January 1848 He uses rhyme comparatively little, often substituting assonance in accordance with the peculiar traditions of Spanish prosody. Rosinante to the Road Again "Ugh!" groaned the Westminster Oxford law-lord, softening his reproof by an allusion to his Scotch nationality, "Curators, Mr. Crosby, Curators: I wish our countrymen would pay a little more attention to prosody." A Book About Lawyers It would be absurd to strive with any warmth for the classical system of terminology in English prosody. English Verse Specimens Illustrating its Principles and History In the first place, I must entirely differ with those persons who have sought to create an independent prosody for English verse under the head of "beats" or "accents" or something of that sort. A History of Elizabethan Literature But as we said when reviewing Mr. Bridges’s treatise on Milton’s prosody, nothing is more striking than the helplessness of most recent poets when confronted with the simple question of elision. Old Familiar Faces There is Schultze, who "looks as if he had fasted six months on Greek prosody and the Pindaric meters." Stories of Authors, British and American The part played by language, prosody, and manners. A History of the French Novel, Vol. 1 From the Beginning to 1800 Some writers on prosody treat practically every line of ten syllables as having a cesural pause, and certainly some slight phrase-pause may almost always be found. English Verse Specimens Illustrating its Principles and History It is perfectly evident that neither had any theory of English prosody before him. A History of Elizabethan Literature The rules of the older Cornish prosody have more in common with those of Breton, except that, but for one case in the Dramas of a five-syllabled couplet, and the rather irregular Add. A Handbook of the Cornish Language chiefly in its latest stages with some account of its history and literature The countess, who had but a vague idea of prosody, understood simply that she had again incurred the displeasure of D'Argenton. Jack 1877 He has, therefore, the knowledge most essential to a writer upon prosody.... A History of the French Novel, Vol. 1 From the Beginning to 1800 In an address to the Learned Reader he explains his system of English quantitative prosody. English Verse Specimens Illustrating its Principles and History There is nothing here of Wyatt's floundering prosody, nothing of the well-intentioned doggerel in which Surrey himself indulges and in which his pupils simply revel. A History of Elizabethan Literature The metres of these plays are various arrangements of seven and four-syllabled lines, of which more anon in the chapter on prosody. A Handbook of the Cornish Language chiefly in its latest stages with some account of its history and literature It is evident that these Scylla and Charybdis of prosody have no longer any terrors for you, Lentz. The Varmint Professor Saintsbury English prosody is a living thing, and not an abstraction. A History of the French Novel, Vol. 1 From the Beginning to 1800 According to this system, the number of feet in the metre will always depend on the number of regularly recurring accents, which of course is not the case in classical prosody. English Verse Specimens Illustrating its Principles and History I have composed the little verses written below, according to the rules of prosody, not from pride, but from a desire to cultivate the beginnings of a slender genius, and because I wanted your help. Early Double Monasteries A Paper read before the Heretics' Society on December 6th, 1914 He then, to our astonishment, imitated the doctor’s voice, and quoted prosody, syntax, and Latin. Japhet in Search of a Father Here creeps in an item interesting to our friends who revel in syntax and prosody. Little Journeys to the Homes of the Great - Volume 11 Little Journeys to the Homes of Great Businessmen It is a common fault of writers upon prosody that they set out to discover the laws of music without ever training their ears to apprehend music. A History of the French Novel, Vol. 1 From the Beginning to 1800 Professor Moulton has remarked interestingly that Browning gives the unique figure of Caliban not only a grammar but a prosody of his own. English Verse Specimens Illustrating its Principles and History Otis was thirty-six years old; he was known to his compatriots as a graduate of Harvard, an able lawyer, a zealous student of classical literature, and an author of repute on Latin prosody. A History of the Four Georges and of William IV, Volume III For the rules of prosody have xvi undergone perhaps greater change than those of grammar. The Works of William Shakespeare [Cambridge Edition] [9 vols.] Introduction and Publisher's Advertising He who specialises in this class of literature may be either a student of English poesy or a lover of prosody. The Book-Hunter at Home The second volume of Professor Saintsbury's elaborate work on English prosody is even more interesting than his former volume. A History of the French Novel, Vol. 1 From the Beginning to 1800 Author's Prosody Of the peculiar scheme of prosody invented and developed by the author a full account is out of the question. Poems of Gerard Manley Hopkins Now First Published I used also to recite to her the scraps of poetry used as illustrations in the chapter on prosody or rhetoric of our Bengali grammar. My Reminiscences The influence of classical prosody has worked in a manner that could hardly have been expected. The Works of William Shakespeare [Cambridge Edition] [9 vols.] Introduction and Publisher's Advertising The verses by which he won the competition are really very good, and show a thorough knowledge of Greek prosody. Pagan and Christian Rome Their vocabulary, save for the introduction of a few words, taken from the Church Latin, their grammar, their prosody, all remain Germanic. A Literary History of the English People From the Origins to the Renaissance Angas, six treatises, viz., pronunciation, grammar, prosody, explanation of obscure terms, religious rites, astronomy. Hindu Law and Judicature from the Dharma-Sástra of Yájnavalkya It may well be doubted whether Milton could have given a clear exposition of his own prosody. Milton We will only state some of the differences between Shakespearian versification and that which has now become our normal prosody; namely, such as have excited an ambition of correcting in later editors. The Works of William Shakespeare [Cambridge Edition] [9 vols.] Introduction and Publisher's Advertising Effect on prosody.In particular, the long maintenance of the mono-rhymed, or even the single-assonanced, tirade depends almost entirely upon its being delivered vivâ voce. The Flourishing of Romance and the Rise of Allegory (Periods of European Literature, vol. II) The rules of this prosody, not very difficult in themselves, are made still easier by a number of licenses and exceptions. A Literary History of the English People From the Origins to the Renaissance The eternal round of concord, prosody, and syntax has charms for me from habit: the rule of three is preferable to the problems of Euclid, and even the Latin grammar has its delights. Jacob Faithful No analysis of his prosody can explain the wonders of his workmanship. Milton He began with metre, and invented a system of prosody which has many merits, and would have had more in less arbitrary hands. Figures of Several Centuries That this would not affect the chansons themselves is true enough; for there are no relics of any alliterative prosody in French, and its accentual scanning is only the naturally "crumbled" quantity of Latin. The Flourishing of Romance and the Rise of Allegory (Periods of European Literature, vol. II) The rules of his prosody were rather lax. A Literary History of the English People From the Origins to the Renaissance Particularly is this the case when the composer is not perfectly familiar with the rules that govern the prosody of the language to which he is setting music. Style in Singing I joined the Maid of Salcombe to sail her, not to give you lessons in jography, etymology, syntax, and prosody, as it used to say in my lesson book when I was a little ’un.” The Ocean Cat's Paw The Story of a Strange Cruise The names are borrowed, not quite felicitously, from classical prosody. The Principles of English Versification But the prosody of the Romance tongues is perfectly simple and intelligible, except in the one crux of the question how it came into being, and what part "popular" poetry played in it. The Flourishing of Romance and the Rise of Allegory (Periods of European Literature, vol. II) Layamon in the thirteenth century mingled both prosodies in his "Brut," sometimes using alliteration, sometimes rhyme, and occasionally both at once. A Literary History of the English People From the Origins to the Renaissance Grammar, prosody, mythology, astronomy and philosophy were studied, and great attention was given to the study of medicine. Outlines of Greek and Roman Medicine There are stiff bits of prosody in these verses,—one or two, indeed, quite unmanageable,—but we must remember that French meter will not read into ours. Love's Meinie Three Lectures on Greek and English Birds Distich, couplet; usually in classical prosody the elegiac couplet of a hexameter and a pentameter, 162. The Principles of English Versification Meanwhile the real prosody of English had been elaborated, in the usual blending fashion of the race, by an intricate, yet, as it happens, an easily traceable series of compromises and naturalisations. The Flourishing of Romance and the Rise of Allegory (Periods of European Literature, vol. II) In the same way as with the prosody and vocabulary, these changes were effected by degrees. A Literary History of the English People From the Origins to the Renaissance The prosody and the rhetorical furniture of the poems might prevent that misinterpretation. Epic and Romance Essays on Medieval Literature Chemist, founder of toxicology. pearlash Potassium carbonate. prosody Study of the metrical structure of verse. The Handy Cyclopedia of Things Worth Knowing A Manual of Ready Reference Elision, the omission or crowding out of unstressed words or unaccented syllables to make the metre smoother; a term belonging to classical prosody and inappropriate in English prosody except where syllable-counting verse is concerned. The Principles of English Versification These remarks are of course not presented as a complete account, even in summary, of English, much less of European prosody. The Flourishing of Romance and the Rise of Allegory (Periods of European Literature, vol. II) His verse, too, is the verse of the new literature, formed by a compromise between the old and the new prosody. A Literary History of the English People From the Origins to the Renaissance There were no shops, theatres, or churches in those times, and, consequently, no necessity for a specialized and meticulous prosody. Here are Ladies Were the trick of prosody in me, I would hew a poem on the spot. 7Such is my anemia. Journeys to Bagdad Quantity, the length of a syllable; established by convention in classical prosody; in English prosody very uncertain but always present. The Principles of English Versification But it is, I think, a case of rather misguided patriotism, which thinks it necessary to invent an English prosody for English poems. The Flourishing of Romance and the Rise of Allegory (Periods of European Literature, vol. II) It is anonymous; a study of this text, by Lindner and by Kaluza, has shown that it is made up of three fragments of different origin, prosody, and language. A Literary History of the English People From the Origins to the Renaissance Allah being in a complaisant mood, it followed that not long after, walking in the bazaar, Al-Khalil invented prosody as he passed a coppersmith's and heard him hammering a basin. A Boswell of Baghdad With Diversions Khalil also wrote a treatise on prosody, and other works on grammar, and a book on musical intonation. Arabic Authors A Manual of Arabian History and Literature Arsis, a confusing term sometimes borrowed from classical prosody for the stressed element of a foot; the unstressed element is called Thesis. The Principles of English Versification In his handling of the French octosyllable he at once displays that impatience of the rigidly syllabic system of prosody which Teutonic poetry of the best kind always shows sooner or later. The Flourishing of Romance and the Rise of Allegory (Periods of European Literature, vol. II) Versification is transformed in the same proportion; here again the two prosodies arrive at a compromise. A Literary History of the English People From the Origins to the Renaissance As regards Björnson's prosody, I am aware that it is sometimes defective. Essays on Scandinavian Literature His other works were a book of proverbs, a treatise on prosody, another on the ideas usually expressed in poetry, and a vocabulary. Arabic Authors A Manual of Arabian History and Literature It is an established phenomenon in Sanskrit and Persian prosody, in Arabic, in Chinese, in Celtic, in Icelandic. The Principles of English Versification Directly, it taught the trouvères of Northern France and the poets of Spain and Italy prosody, and a certain amount of poetical style and tone; indirectly, or directly through France, it influenced England and Germany. The Flourishing of Romance and the Rise of Allegory (Periods of European Literature, vol. II) He maintained that English prosody depended on the number of "stresses" in a line, not on the number of syllables, and that poetry should follow the rules of natural speech. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Part 3 "Brescia" to "Bulgaria" There is another circumstance which tends to make modern rules of prosody necessarily negative. The Poems and Fragments of Catullus In 1898, and later, when a melodious falsetto was much in fashion amongst us, the reviewers found great fault with Mr. Hardy's prosody; they judged him as a versifier to be rude and incorrect. Some Diversions of a Man of Letters The older writers on versification, leaning heavily on the traditional prosody of Greek and Latin, made much of the cæsura or pause, especially in blank verse. The Principles of English Versification It is, however, much interspersed also with verses which, like Icelandic verse in general, are alliterative in prosody, and often of the extremest euphuism and extravagance in phrase. The Flourishing of Romance and the Rise of Allegory (Periods of European Literature, vol. II) Skill was needed to vocalize this great word, but the ear of Mr. Bliss for musical prosody did not fail to make it effective. The Story of the Hymns and Tunes The difference is purely negative; I have bound myself to avoid certain positions forbidden by the laws of ancient prosody. The Poems and Fragments of Catullus But when we turn to the broader part of prosody, we must perceive that Mr. Hardy is not only a very ingenious, but a very correct and admirable metricist. Some Diversions of a Man of Letters Spondee, a classical prosody a foot of two long syllables; in English prosody a foot of two 'long' or accented or stressed words or syllables, 51. The Principles of English Versification In the history of English prosody he, too, is of great importance, being another landmark in the process of consolidating accent and quantity, alliteration and rhyme. The Flourishing of Romance and the Rise of Allegory (Periods of European Literature, vol. II) It is very rare to meet with any English hexameter which in rhythm, stress, and prosody is perfectly accurate. Studies in Early Victorian Literature But most authorities consider Symposius to have lived in the fourth century, although an examination of his prosody might lead us to place him not earlier than the fifth. History of English Humour, Vol. 1 With an Introduction upon Ancient Humour Critics who have admitted the extraordinary perfection of his prosody have occasionally objected that in the most popular examples of it, "The Raven" and "The Bells," he obtains his effect by a trick. Some Diversions of a Man of Letters Of course, no poet when he is composing, either in the traditional "fine frenzy" or in the more sober process of revision, thinks of prosody as a science, or perhaps thinks of it at all. The Principles of English Versification Allowances in degree, in shade, in local colour, there must of course be in prosody as in other things. The Flourishing of Romance and the Rise of Allegory (Periods of European Literature, vol. II) The services and music of the Church introduced new systems of prosody. Wine, Women, and Song Mediaeval Latin Students' songs; Now first translated into English verse In verse, he composed many pieces, both in hexameters and elegiacs, together with a treatise on prosody. Early Britain Anglo-Saxon Britain A language is spoken, and poetry written, many years before either a grammar or prosody is even thought of. Essays on Education and Kindred Subjects Everyman's Library As wide as are the possibilities of variety in native English verse, the poets have endeavored to extend its boundaries by the annexation of foreign prosodies from ancient Greece and Rome and from mediaeval France. The Principles of English Versification Historians arrange the process of borrowing from the French and adjusting prosody to the loans in, roughly speaking, three stages. The Flourishing of Romance and the Rise of Allegory (Periods of European Literature, vol. II) A long syllable and a short syllable have almost equal weight in this prosody, for the musical tone can be prolonged or shortened upon either. Wine, Women, and Song Mediaeval Latin Students' songs; Now first translated into English verse I have forgotten my Italian grammar, rules of syntax and rules of prosody alike, but I read and re-read the "Divina Commedia" with ever-increasing amazement and admiration. Records of a Girlhood Leaving aside the bad prosody and the minor defects in taste, we have left a work which shows a wealth of invention, melody, and sparkling fancy comparable to Grétry’s. Musical Memories Since the older theorists have mostly started either from the traditional conceptions of classical prosody or from examination of but a part of the phenomena, their work may be left out of account here. The Principles of English Versification It has been said elsewhere that the shaping of a prosody suitable for lyric was the great debt which Europe owes to the language of Provence. The Flourishing of Romance and the Rise of Allegory (Periods of European Literature, vol. II) In the second place, why should not a pause play a part in prosody as well as in music? An Essay Toward a History of Shakespeare in Norway No proficiency in grammar and arithmetic, no science of numeration and no scheme of prosody, will be here of the least avail. A Study of Shakespeare The essential difference between the two was the care, not only in his prosody but also in his declamation, which Grétry tried to reproduce musically with all possible exactness. Musical Memories It would be absurd to imagine a prosody which was independent of its own materials. The Principles of English Versification For, as it happens, we have lyrics in at least two most vigorous northern tongues before they had gone to school to southern prosody, and we can see at once the defects in them. The Flourishing of Romance and the Rise of Allegory (Periods of European Literature, vol. II) Among the varied elements which constituted Irving's popularity, one of them might have been the beauty of his name, whose secret is revealed by the laws of prosody. The Continental Monthly, Vol. 1, No. 6, June, 1862 Devoted To Literature and National Policy He then, to our astonishment, imitated the doctor's voice, and quoted prosody syntax, and Latin. Japhet, in Search of a Father Gluck’s theme impressed itself on the memory, so that he dealt a terrific blow to the purity of prosody. Musical Memories They have tried to build up a whole system of prosody sometimes on a foundation of stress alone, sometimes of time alone. The Principles of English Versification Notwithstanding the fact that the spell of La Fontaine's verse necessarily disappears when another tongue is employed, his English translators, both Elizur Wright and Walter Thornbury, have courageously attempted to do him justice in prosody. The Original Fables of La Fontaine Rendered into English Prose by Fredk. Colin Tilney They taught him the rules of prosody and the exercises proper to overcome the mere mechanical difficulties of versification. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 12, No. 74, December, 1863 Classical and correct in versification, and smothering nature with sonorous prosody, he still had the poetic fire, and an excellent power of poetic criticism. English Literature, Considered as an Interpreter of English History Designed as a Manual of Instruction He was unable to rid himself of his Germanic influences and so corrupted the taste of an entire generation by his false prosody, which has been incorrectly considered originality. Musical Memories In some prosodies—as the French and Italian, for example—the standard unit of verse is the syllable. The Principles of English Versification I may here say that my ear is not sufficiently attuned nor my mind accustomed to the subtleties of German for me to offer any judgment on the prosody of Wagner's librettos. Wagner It is therefore surprising, that the Polish language in poetry, although in other respects highly cultivated, does not admit the introduction of the classical prosody. Historical View of the Languages and Literature of the Slavic Nations According to old time English prosody, it is the same, too, as the meter of Scott's Marmion! The Influence of Old Norse Literature on English Literature The most serious, but the most excusable, is his contempt for prosody and his indifference to the verse entrusted to him. Musical Memories Most of the older discussions of English versification labored under two difficulties: an undue adherence to the traditions of Greek and Latin prosody more or less perfectly understood, and an exaggerated formalism. The Principles of English Versification Probably this artifice is greatly unconscious, the meed of the trained musician; but let no singer think to upraise his voice before the Lord ere he master the axioms of prosody. Shandygaff There he learned spelling and the rules of French prosody. Library of the World's Best Literature, Ancient and Modern — Volume 4 He is willing to sacrifice elegance, to truncate words, to wreck rhyme, prosody, and grammar, if he can only hurl through the verse these thoughts which were his convictions. Emerson and Other Essays Then he commends his own method of teaching Latin by double translation, offers remarks on Latin prosody, and touches on other pedagogic themes. Library of the World's Best Literature, Ancient and Modern — Volume 2 He was pungently merry over Imber's pretensions to be the National Poet of Israel, declaring that his prosody, his vocabulary, and even his grammar were beneath contempt. Children of the Ghetto A Study of a Peculiar People French prosody was compelled to develop on the basis of unit syllable-groups. Language An Introduction to the Study of Speech He began to write verse when he was twelve or thirteen, but he had a strange idea of prosody. Library of the World's Best Literature, Ancient and Modern — Volume 4 But they could not stand the numerous slips in prosody. Reminiscences of Scottish Life and Character The change was a momentous one for English prosody, and none of the fifteenth-century writers possessed sufficient poetic genius to adapt their verse to the altered conditions of the language. Pastoral Poetry and Pastoral Drama A Literary Inquiry, with Special Reference to the Pre-Restoration Stage in England What is perhaps rarer than may be thought, he possessed, in its absolute purity, the prosody of his native language, alike in lyric declamation and in the cantabile. Delsarte System of Oratory Syllable-groups—so and so many syllables per rhythmic unit—and rhyme are therefore two of the controlling factors in Chinese prosody. Language An Introduction to the Study of Speech Upon what principles he adopted and continued his system of versification, he long meditated to communicate in his projected prosody of English poetry. The Dramatic Works of John Dryden, Volume 1 With a Life of the Author The prosody of verse will show how many syllables the poets make: as, "Thou diedst, a most rare boy, of melancholy!" The Grammar of English Grammars Neither Racine nor Voltaire would have taken such liberties with prosody. The Cook's Decameron: a study in taste, containing over two hundred recipes for Italian dishes In this singer may be noted the firmness of accent and scholarly mode of phrasing, always in harmony with the prosody of the language, which are part of the tradition of the great school. Delsarte System of Oratory Having written and published his work on Latin prosody, Mr. Otis next produced a similar work on the prosody of Greek. James Otis, the pre-revolutionist He was a master of metre, and contributed certain modifications to the laws of Chinese prosody which exist to the present day. A Lute of Jade : selections from the classical poets of China "It cannot be otherwise, in regard that the French prosody differs from that of every other country in Europe." The Grammar of English Grammars Special articles, in literary pamphlets, dissected its rhetoric and prosody. The Octopus : A story of California The early Greek grammarians used this term for the musical accent which characterized their own language, but later the term became specialized for quantity in metre, whence comes the Eng. prosody. The Project Gutenberg Encyclopedia Volume 1 of 28 Byron wrote to him to school to bid him mind his prosody. The Works of Lord Byron: Letters and Journals. Vol. 2 A collection of the songs, chants and metrical compositions of the Indians, designed to display the emotional and imaginative powers of the race and the prosody of their languages. Aboriginal American Authors The misfortune was that the classics were not taught as literature at all, but as exercises in grammar and prosody. Philip Gilbert Hamerton An Autobiography, 1834-1858, and a Memoir by His Wife, 1858-1894 Here the English long and short syllables—as far as "long" and "short" can be definitely distinguished in English—correspond precisely to the rules of Roman prosody. A Study of Poetry The word is used literally in biology; and metaphorically in prosody or grammar for a verse or sentence with a beginning wanting. The Project Gutenberg Encyclopedia Volume 1 of 28 But 'tis dreadful to think what provoking mistakes The vile country Press in one's prosody makes. The Complete Poems of Sir Thomas Moore Collected by Himself with Explanatory Notes Surely this fact of composition as ethical practice has larger interest than all the treatises ever written about the rules of Japanese prosody. In Ghostly Japan The prosody was allowed to take care of itself under the emotional requirements and inspiration of the moment. Toward the Gulf The present Laureate, Robert Bridges, whose investigations in English and Roman prosody have been incessant, has recently published a book of experiments in writing English quantitative hexameters. A Study of Poetry And didn't he select her as the subject of his licentious verses—reassure yourself, reader, licentious merely from the point of view of prosody. Memoirs of My Dead Life It was like permitting a natural poet to leave prose, and play with prosody. The Call of the Cumberlands He was the first to apply the rules of modern prosody strictly to Hebrew poetry. The Renascence of Hebrew Literature (1743-1885) The former struggle under the complicated shackles of Greek prosody; the latter move on the stilts of school-boy imitation. The History of Roman Literature From the earliest period to the death of Marcus Aurelius But the magic password to admit us to this unknown world of Greek and Roman prosody was after all the word Quantity. A Study of Poetry Here grammar, criticism, prosody, and mythology were first developed into sciences. The History of Education; educational practice and progress considered as a phase of the development and spread of western civilization He wrote a poem or two to that effect, and the train-wheels inspired his prosody. We Can't Have Everything Heirs to the Spanish traditions, they nevertheless were inclined to oppose the spirit and particularly the rules of Arabic prosody, which had put manacles upon Hebrew poetry. The Renascence of Hebrew Literature (1743-1885) But when a strict prosody is formed, it is no longer needed. The History of Roman Literature From the earliest period to the death of Marcus Aurelius He is put to fearful straits to explain his prosody and make it fit the verse. A Study of Poetry Greek and Latin verses I did not write, nor learnt the prosody of those languages. Autobiography It seemed to Kedzie that nothing on earth was less important than prosody, and that however badly poets were paid, they were paid more than they earned. We Can't Have Everything Now in the English middle ages, prosody had consistently been treated as a part of grammar, following the classical tradition; but in France prosody had regularly been discussed in treatises bearing the name of rhetoric. Rhetoric and Poetry in the Renaissance A Study of Rhetorical Terms in English Renaissance Literary Criticism By this means he gave a dactylic direction to Latin prosody which it afterwards, though only slightly, extended. The History of Roman Literature From the earliest period to the death of Marcus Aurelius Campion, a trained musician, argued for a quantitative system of English prosody during the very period when he was composing, in the accentual system, some of the most exquisite songs in the language. A Study of Poetry The genii of syntax and prosody are his guardian angels, and the love of "gabble" is the be-all and the end-all of his political existence. Punchinello, Volume 2, No. 34, November 19, 1870 The lovers of everything classic and pagan were pained and exasperated at the venerable simplicity, the lack of prosody, the vagueness and crudity of the wording of the liturgical hymns. The Divine Office His interest in poetry seems to be confined to prosody. Rhetoric and Poetry in the Renaissance A Study of Rhetorical Terms in English Renaissance Literary Criticism He composed some valuable works, especially on ancient prosody. The History of the Reign of Ferdinand and Isabella the Catholic — Volume 2 No one disputes, again, that the only arbiter in matters of prosody is the trained ear, and not the eye. A Study of Poetry In allying himself with these Latin prosody bigots Spenser sinned grievously against his better taste. The Faerie Queene — Volume 01 Even that excess had its value as a protest against the pedantic precision of the Latinists, who were already indulging in a grotesque attempt to displace natural English metres by Ovidian and Horatian prosody. England under the Tudors The absurdity of demanding all the rules of Latin prosody, when the student never read a line of the "Deserted Village," and probably will not, through his college course! Hold Up Your Heads, Girls! : Helps for Girls, in School and Out They fell victims to their facility in syntax and prosody—semi- Solomons in Scriptural explanations, waxing wise in defining the difference 'twixt hyssop and myrrh. Little Journeys to the Homes of the Great - Volume 09 Little Journeys to the Homes of Great Reformers An English text is perpetually interspersed with Latin sentences in prose and verse; but in his own poetry he claims an exemption from the laws of prosody. Memoirs of My Life and Writings The prosody, which is the most important thing, is lacking. Comedies by Holberg : Jeppe of the Hill, The Political Tinker, Erasmus Montanus Emboldened by this discovery, they took malicious delight in heaping blunder upon blunder, and played dire havoc with that sixth book of the "Iliad," never sparing etymology, syntax, nor prosody. Stories by Foreign Authors: Polish, Greek, Belgian, Hungarian "To write true church music, look through the old monkish chorals, etc., also the most correct translations of the periods, and perfect prosody in the Catholic Psalms and hymns generally." Beethoven, the Man and the Artist, as Revealed in His Own Words Al-Khalil was doubtless familiar with the classic prosody of Europe, but he rejected it as unsuited to the genius of Arabic and like a true Eastern Gelehrte he adopted a process devised by himself. The Book of the Thousand Nights and a Night — Volume 10 Then I examined him in the Koran and in syntax and prosody and lexicography; and behold, he was perfect in all required of him, so I said to him, Allah strengthen thy purpose! The Book of the Thousand Nights and a Night — Volume 05 It was a life of freedom and terror, of prosody and rebellion, of interminable floggings and appalling practical jokes. Eminent Victorians That Oxford was rather "Trojan" than "Greek," that men were more concerned about their dinners and their souls than their prosody and philosophy, in 1531, is proved by the success of Grynaeus. Oxford When I began the study of Latin prosody, I devised and explained to my professor a system of signs indicating the different meters and quantities. The Story of my life; with her letters (1887-1901) and a supplementary account of her education, including passages from the reports and letters of her teacher, Anne Mansfield Sullivan, by John Albert Macy Fíl would be overlong and could, according to Arabic prosody, stand only in certain cases at the end of a verse, i.e. in pause, where a natural tendency prevails to prolong a sound. The Book of the Thousand Nights and a Night — Volume 10 Cowley left the line with all this lyrical promise within it, and if his example had been followed, English prosody would have had in this a valuable bequest. Flower of the Mind As it was, he could set the noses of his pupils to the grindstone of syntax and prosody with a clear conscience. Eminent Victorians Eichstadt, a Jena professor, gravely announced that the same fragment existed in a MS. in the university library, and, under pretence of giving various readings, corrected Marchena's faults in prosody. Books and Bookmen To console themselves for thy absence, O Virgil, they have three poets, Commodianus, Prudentius, and Fortunatus, who were all three born in those dark plays when neither prosody nor grammar were known. Penguin Island Having a mortal aversion to the details of Arabic prosody, I have persuaded my friend Dr. Steingass to undertake in the following pages the subject as far as concerns the poetry of The Nights. The Book of the Thousand Nights and a Night — Volume 10 As eloquence exists before syntax, and song before prosody, so government may exist in a high degree of excellence long before the limits of legislative, executive, and judicial power have been traced with precision. The History of England, from the Accession of James II — Volume 1 Nor do we find in him any of those new metrical effects, those sublime inventions in prosody, with which the great masters astonish us. Shelley Then becomes whispering, talk,—and stamm'ring, a language enchanting; Free from all prosody's rules, dies such a hymn on the ear. The Poems of Goethe Translated in the original metres How this finish comports with the excessive ease of his prosody remains his own peculiar secret. Hearts of Controversy Before discussing the verse of The Nights it may be advisable to enlarge a little upon the prosody of the Arabs. The Book of the Thousand Nights and a Night — Volume 10 However lax he might be about early rising and the prosody of Vergil, he was tireless in tinkering. Babbitt But, though this hunting, and checking, and floating, and flying in metre may be to strain the arts of prosody and diction, with how masterly a hand is the straining accomplished! Hearts of Controversy |
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