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Historical Manual of English Prosody

Note 132 — Chapter I · BEFORE 1700

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House of Fame, Book III., where he disclaims intention to "shew art poetical," speaks of his "rhyme" as "light and lewed" [unlearned], admits that "some verses" may "fail in a syllable," and precedes (possibly patterning) Gower in distinguishing "rhyme" and "cadence."

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