Re: Poetry: alliteration
| From: | John Cowan <cowan@...> |
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| Date: | Friday, January 7, 2000, 4:27 |
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Padraic Brown scripsit:
> I'd try simply reading the lines as naturally as possible. Take the
> following; in which I mark where the stress falls naturally for me:
Hmm. Where did this come from? Note the end-rhymes and the alliteration
between 3rd and 4th stresses, so this is not quite "correct" OE-style.
> Pearl of delight that a prince doth please
> ^^^^^ ^^^^^ ^^^^^^ ^^^^^^
> to grace in gold enclosed so clear,
> ^^^^^ ^^^^ ^^^^ ^^^^^
> I vow that from over orient seas
> ^^^ ^ ^^ ^^^^
> never proved I any in price her peer.
> ^^ ^^^^ ^^^^^ ^^^^
I would read this with stresses on "proved", "any", "price", "peer".
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