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Prosody in English Poetry

Prosody in English Poetry. Iambic Pentameter. Iambic Pentameter. Iambic Pentameter. Iambic Pentameter. Iambic Pentameter. Iambic Pentameter. Iambic Pentameter. At last he rose, and twitch’d his mantle blue Tomorrow to fresh woods, and pastures new. John Milton, Lycidas , lines 192-3.

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Prosody in English Poetry

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  1. Prosody in English Poetry

  2. Iambic Pentameter

  3. Iambic Pentameter

  4. Iambic Pentameter

  5. Iambic Pentameter

  6. Iambic Pentameter

  7. Iambic Pentameter

  8. Iambic Pentameter At last he rose, and twitch’d his mantle blue Tomorrow to fresh woods, and pastures new. John Milton, Lycidas, lines 192-3

  9. Iambic Pentameter At last he rose, and twitch’d his mantle blue Tomorrow to fresh woods, and pastures new. John Milton, Lycidas, lines 192-3

  10. Iambic Pentameter Or: Tomorrow to fresh woods, and pastures new. John Milton, Lycidas, lines 192-3

  11. Iambic Pentameter At last he rose, and left without a clue; To pass the test, he knew he must review.

  12. Four-Stress Alliterative Verse

  13. Four-Stress Alliterative Verse

  14. Four-Stress Alliterative Verse

  15. Four-Stress Accentual Verse

  16. Oft Scyld Scefing        sceaþena þreatum, • monegum mægþum,         meodosetla ofteah, • egsode eorlas.         Syððan ærest wearð • feasceaft funden,         he þæs frofre gebad, • weox under wolcnum,      weorðmyndum þah, • oðþæt him æghwylc         þara ymbsittendra • ofer hronrade         hyran scolde, • gomban gyldan.         þæt wæs god cyning!

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