...Nevertheless this occasional Variation in number of syllables is not introduccd wantonly, or for the niere ends of convenience, but in correspondence with some...transition, in the nature of the imagery or passion." So finden wir denn bald regelmäßige viertaktige Jamben, im ganzen (mit Einschluß von 21 durch Verschleifung...

...Variation in number of syllables is not introduced wantonly, or for the mere ends of convenience, hut in correspondence with some transition, in the nature of the imagery or passion." So flnden wir denn bald regelmäßige vier taktige Jamben, im ganzen (mit Einschluß von 21 durch Verschleifung...

...in 1816, Coleridge wrote in the Preface : "The metre of the 'Christabel' is not, properly speaking, irregular, though it may seem so from its being founded...transition, in the nature of the imagery or passion." This is not to be taken quite literally. The accentual principle was assuredly nothing new in English...

...each line the accents will be found to be only four. Nevertheless, this occasional variation in the number of syllables is not introduced wantonly, or...transition in the nature of the imagery or passion." Scott adopted a modification of this principle. The defects of The Lady of the Lake, as a work of art,...

...the present year. ... I have only to add, that the metre of the Christabel is not, properly speaking, irregular, though it may seem so from its being founded...transition in the nature of the imagery or passion." For references concerning the projected conclusions of the poem see Gillman's Life of Coleridge, and...

...sagt im Vorwort: „I havo only to add, that the metre of the Christabel is not, properly speaking, irregular, though it may seem so from its being founded...transition in the nature of the imagery or passion." Nach dorn Vorgango von Coleridge haben dann auch W. Scott, Byron ua in ihren epischen Erzfthlungon...

...variation in number of syllables is not introduced wantonly, or for the mere ends of con- ' venience, but in correspondence with some transition, in the nature of the imagery or passion. ' When this Preface came to be reprinted in the Poetical Works in 1828 (and again in the revised edition...

...Though the latter may vary from seven to twelve, yet In each line the accents will be found drowned 82 oy Sing at thy Mother's breast. Month followed month,...Father's knees. But we were playmates, Luke : among th (.From Coleridge's Preface to the first edition.) PART THE FIRST Tis the middle of night by .the castle...

...four. Nevertheless, this occasional variation in number of syllables is not introduced wantonly, 35 or for the mere ends of convenience, but in correspondence...transition in the nature of the imagery or passion. PART I TIB the middle of night by the castle clock, And the owls have awakened the crowing cock ; Tu—...

...Coleridge explains in his preface to the poem, " that the metre of Christabel is not, properly speaking, irregular, though it may seem so from its being founded...transition in the nature of the imagery or passion." Scott heard portions of the then unpublished Christabel recited by a friend, and was so enchanted by...