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... verse is verse based on iambs . The meter is further designated by the number of poetic feet in the line , as iambic hexameter , pentame- ter , tetrameter , etc. Some examples follow . lambic verse of six feet or hexameter ( called the ...
... verse is verse based on iambs . The meter is further designated by the number of poetic feet in the line , as iambic hexameter , pentame- ter , tetrameter , etc. Some examples follow . lambic verse of six feet or hexameter ( called the ...
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... VERSE re- sembling prose in its thought sequence and published as a prose passage . Its use is outstand- ing in the poetry of Amy LowELL . polyrhythmic verse . A type of free verse , characterized by a variety of not necessarily ...
... VERSE re- sembling prose in its thought sequence and published as a prose passage . Its use is outstand- ing in the poetry of Amy LowELL . polyrhythmic verse . A type of free verse , characterized by a variety of not necessarily ...
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... verse narrative ; Queen Mary ( 1875 ) , Harold ( 1876 ) , and Becket ( 1884 ) , historical tragedies in verse ; Tiresias , And Other Poems ( 1885 ) ; Locksley Hall Sixty Years After ( 1886 ) ; Demeter , And Other Poems ( 1889 ) ; The ...
... verse narrative ; Queen Mary ( 1875 ) , Harold ( 1876 ) , and Becket ( 1884 ) , historical tragedies in verse ; Tiresias , And Other Poems ( 1885 ) ; Locksley Hall Sixty Years After ( 1886 ) ; Demeter , And Other Poems ( 1889 ) ; The ...
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