...significant. '' The meter of Christabel is not, strictly speaking, irregular though it may seem so for its being founded on a new principle, namely, that...each line the accents will be found to be only four." This "new principle" though more new in form of expression than in actual practise was of great importance...

...significant. "The meter of Christabel is not, strictly speaking, irregular though it may seem so for its being founded on a new principle, namely, that...not the syllables. Though the latter may vary from "Philolog. 8oc. Trans., 1895-8, p. 485. ""The Power of Sound," 1880, p. 429. ""English Lessons for...

...significant. ' ' The meter of Christabel is not, strictly speaking, irregular though it may seem so for its being founded on a new principle, namely, that...not the syllables. Though the latter may vary from "Philolog. Soc. Trans., 1895-8, p. 485. 30 " The Power of Sound," 1880, p. 429. 21 "English Lessons...

...1895-8, p. 485. » " The Power of Sound," 1880, p. 429. 31 "English Lessons for English People," 1871. seven to twelve yet in each line the accents will be found to be only four." This "new principle" though more new in form of expression than in actual practise was of great importance...

...mistakenly regarded as a discovery. "The metre of Christabel," said he in the preface to that poem, "is not, properly speaking, irregular, though it may seem...each line the accents will be found to be only four." This was nothing but the "tumbling verse " of the sixteenth century, mentioned by King James. Such...

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...that the metre of Christabel is not, properly speaking, irregular, though it may seem so from its 30 being founded on a new principle : namely, that of...in number of syllables is not introduced wantonly, 35 or for the mere ends of convenience, but in correspondence with some transition in the nature of...

...explains his meter in ChristabeL [It] is not, properly speaking, irregular, though it may seem so from being founded on a new principle, namely that of counting...accents will be found to be only four. Nevertheless, the occasional variation in number of syllables is not introduced wantonly, but in correspondence with...

...that I shall be able to embody in verse the three parts yet to come . . . the metre of Christabel is not, properly speaking, irregular, though it may seem...only four. Nevertheless, this occasional variation in the number of syllables is not introduced wantonly, or for the mere ends of convenience, but in correspondence...