By George Ellis, Esq
II. SPECIMENS OF EARLY ENGLISH METRICAL ROMANCES, chiefly written duringthe early Part of the Fourteenth Century. To which is prefixed, anHistorical Introduction, intended to illustrate the Rise and Progress ofRomantic Composition in France and England.
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By George Ellis, Esq is in the public domain. This text is taken from The Poems of Richard Corbet, late bishop of Oxford and of Norwich 4th edition, Project Gutenberg ebook #65375; the transcription's header, footer and licence were removed and nothing else was changed. You may copy, print and reuse it freely.
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Form and metre
By George Ellis, Esq is 4 lines in a single stanza. The lines average 16.8 syllables. 2 lines end on an unstressed syllable, a feminine ending.
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Scansion, line by line
Each line with its syllable count and the stresses the words themselves fix: / stressed, ˘ unstressed, · a syllable the word leaves free and the metre decides. How this is done.
| Line | Syl. | Stress |
|---|---|---|
| II. SPECIMENS OF EARLY ENGLISH METRICAL ROMANCES, chiefly written during | 19 | ·/˘·/˘/˘/˘˘/˘/˘/˘/˘ |
| the early Part of the Fourteenth Century. To which is prefixed, an | 16 | ·/˘····//˘···/˘· |
| Historical Introduction, intended to illustrate the Rise and Progress of | 20 | ˘/˘·˘/˘˘/˘·/˘····/·· |
| Romantic Composition in France and England. | 12 | ˘/˘·˘/˘···/˘ |
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