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... alliterative measure . It was on the poetry written in the various forms of this measure that Sir Israel Gollancz worked for the greater part of his life , to the advantage of all who have come after him , and it would have been a ...
... alliterative measure . It was on the poetry written in the various forms of this measure that Sir Israel Gollancz worked for the greater part of his life , to the advantage of all who have come after him , and it would have been a ...
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... alliteration . But the alliteration differs from that of the classical verse in several particulars . It can fall on the last stressed syllable of the line ; it is not associated so strictly with the syllables bearing the main stress ...
... alliteration . But the alliteration differs from that of the classical verse in several particulars . It can fall on the last stressed syllable of the line ; it is not associated so strictly with the syllables bearing the main stress ...
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... alliteration or rhyme . Such alliteration and rhyme as Wulfstan has , and there is much of it , serves instead to join more intim- ately the two important elements within a single phrase , as in the examples I have already given . There ...
... alliteration or rhyme . Such alliteration and rhyme as Wulfstan has , and there is much of it , serves instead to join more intim- ately the two important elements within a single phrase , as in the examples I have already given . There ...
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ANNUAL REPORT 19489 | 9 |
PRESIDENTIAL ADDRESS By Sir H I Bell | 15 |
Printers and Readers in ItalY IN THE FIFTEENTH CENTURY Italian | 25 |
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