A Study of Shakespeare's Versification Book contents
- Frontmatter
- PREFACE
- Contents
- ERRATA
- I SHAKESPEARE'S VERSIFICATION
- II THE EARLY TEXTS
- APPENDICES
- APP. I PURE TROCHAIC PENTAPODIES: List
- APP. II OTHER LINES WITHOUT UPBEAT: Examples. ALCAICS
- APP. III LINES CONTAINING MONOSYLLABIC FEET: Examples. THE CROSS ACCENT: Examples
- APP. IV LINES CONTAINING QUADRISYLLABIC FEET: List
- APP. V CERTAIN PRONUNCIATIONS: Lines exemplifying these
- APP. VI ORDER OF COMPOSITION OF THE PLAYS
- APP. VII ANTONY AND CLEOPATRA, a revised Text
- THE TRAGEDY OF ANTONY AND CLEOPATRA
- INDEX
APP. V - CERTAIN PRONUNCIATIONS: Lines exemplifying these
from APPENDICES
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 01 June 2011
- Frontmatter
- PREFACE
- Contents
- ERRATA
- I SHAKESPEARE'S VERSIFICATION
- II THE EARLY TEXTS
- APPENDICES
- APP. I PURE TROCHAIC PENTAPODIES: List
- APP. II OTHER LINES WITHOUT UPBEAT: Examples. ALCAICS
- APP. III LINES CONTAINING MONOSYLLABIC FEET: Examples. THE CROSS ACCENT: Examples
- APP. IV LINES CONTAINING QUADRISYLLABIC FEET: List
- APP. V CERTAIN PRONUNCIATIONS: Lines exemplifying these
- APP. VI ORDER OF COMPOSITION OF THE PLAYS
- APP. VII ANTONY AND CLEOPATRA, a revised Text
- THE TRAGEDY OF ANTONY AND CLEOPATRA
- INDEX
Summary
The word hour (sometimes spelt hower in the Quartos) is common as a disyllable, and -ire and perhaps -ure are not infrequently disyllabic. Not a few of the examples are from work that is not Shakespeare's, and one or two might be read differently.
Trenchèd in ice, which with an | hour's | heat
T. G. 3. 2. 7.Or vainly comes the ad|mired | princess hither.
L. L. L. 1. 1. 141.I promised to in|quire | carefully
T. S. 1. 2. 165.Being ⋮ but the | one half | of an en|tire | sum
L. L. L. 2. 1. 131.And ⋮ hire | post-horses; | I will hence to-night.
R. and J. 5. 1. 26.Have ⋮ hired | me to undermine the duchess
2 Hen. VI 1. 2. 98.Cowards ⋮ father | cowards, and | base things | sire | base.
Cymb. 4. 2. 26.Being ⋮ purged, a | fire | sparkling in lovers' eyes;
R. and J. 1. 1. 197.And, brother York, thy acts in | Ire|land,
2 Hen. VI 1. 1. 194.Lives not alone im|mured | in the brain;
L. L. L. 4. 3. 328.Sháll we | hear from him? | —Be as|sured, | madam,
Cymb. 1. 3. 23.So occasionally other syllables with r following a vowel:
Buried some | dear | friend? Hath not | else his | eye
C. of E. 5. 1. 50.- Type
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- A Study of Shakespeare's VersificationWith an Inquiry into the Trustworthiness of the Early Texts an Examination of the 1616 Folio of Ben Jonson's Works and Appendices including a Revised Test of 'Antony and Cleopatra', pp. 390 - 394Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2009First published in: 1920