10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «HEPTASTICH»
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Dictionary of Literary Terms and Literary Theory
heptastich. (Gk 'seven lines') A stanza of seven lines, much used by English
poets. For example: Chaucer's rhyme royal (q.v.) in Troilus and Criseyde;
Spenser used it in The Ruines of Time, Daphnai'da, and in his four Hymns in
honour of ...
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A Manual of English Literature Historical and Critical by ...
That of Spenser closely resembles in this respect the Chaucerian heptastich, the
essential character of both being fixed by the rhyming of the fifth line to the fourth.
Strike out from the Spenserian stanza the sixth and seventh lines, rhyming ...
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A Manual of English Literature, historical and critical. ...
This, however is not the only distinction, for the internal organisation of the two
stanzas is widely different. That of Spenser closely resembles in this respect the
Chaucerian heptastich, the essential character of both being fixed by the rhyming
...
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A Manual of English Literature, Historical and Critical
This, however is not the only distinction, for the internal organisation of the two
stanzas is widely different. That of Spenser closely resembles in this respect the
Chaucerian heptastich, the essential character of both being fixed by the rhyming
...
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General introduction to the study of Holy Scripture: the ...
The Heptastich The heptastich is capable of a great variety of arrangements. The
blessing of Noah is a heptastich. It is comprised of two distichs and a tristich.
Cursed be Canaan ; — A servant of servants shall he be to his brethren. 1 Prov.
Charles Augustus Briggs, 1899
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Grammardog Guide to King Lear
Heptastich. A seven-line stanza. protagonist whose actions inspire and are
admired. Heroic couplet. In poetry, a rhymed pair of iambic pentameter lines.
Homophone. A word that sounds like another word but has a different spelling.
Example: ...
William Shakespeare, 2005
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Grammardog Guide to Uncle Tom's Cabin
Heptastich. A seven-line stanza. protagonist whose actions inspire and are
admired. Heroic couplet. In poetry, a rhymed pair of iambic pentameter lines.
Homophone. A word that sounds like another word but has a different spelling.
Example: ...
Harriet Beecher Stowe, Mary Jane McKinney, 2006
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The Anthem Dictionary of Literary Terms and Theory
hermeneutics 133 heptastich A set of seven verse lines, also known as a
SEPTET . hermeneutic circle An interpretative problem first described in the
nineteenth century: in order to understand the separate parts of a work we need
to anticipate ...
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Grammardog Guide to A Christmas Carol
Heptastich. A seven-line stanza. protagonist whose actions inspire and are
admired. Heroic couplet. In poetry, a rhymed pair of iambic pentameter lines.
Homophone. A word that sounds like another word but has a different spelling.
Example: ...
Charles Dickens, Mary Jane McKinney, 2004
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Grammardog Guide to Song of Myself
Heptastich. A seven-line stanza. Hero/Heroine. The main character, the
protagonist whose actions inspire and are admired. Heroic couplet. In poetry, a
rhymed pair of iambic pentameter lines. Homophone. A word that sounds like
another ...
Mary Jane McKinney, Walt Whitman, 2008
