Counterpoint and Symbol: An Inquiry Into the Rhythm of Milton's Epic Style

Adam adjusted antithetic ascending beats beginning blank verse called chance chapter comma complete conscious cont contains context continuous contrapuntal creates cross-rhythmic construction demarcate descending describes direct editors effect ends enjambement evidence exactly examples expanded expected expressive fact five foot formula four girdle give Given Hence infinite integral interlock intervals length lines mathematical meaning measure method metric Milton Milton's epic mind multiple norm Note Observe occur once overlap pair paragraph pattern pause perfect performance Pole precision present progression punctuation reader reason regard response result retrograde rhetoric rhythmic rhythms root root-term round Satan says scribed seems sequence simultaneously situation starts style successive suggest syllable symbolic symmetry thou thought trochaic VIII voices