An Iambus has the first syllable unaccented, and the last accented; as,
Betray, consist:
The seas shall waste, the skies in smoke decay.
A Dactyle has the first syllable accented, and the two latter
unaccented; as, Laborer, possible:
From the low pleasures of this fallen nature.
An Anapaest has the first two syllables unaccented, and the last
accented; as, Contravene, acquiesce:
at the close of the day when the hamlet is still.
A Spondee; as, The pale moon: a Pyrrhic; as, on the tall
tree: an Amphibrach; as, Delightful: a Tribrach; as,
Numerable.
RHETORIC.
GRAMMAR instructs us how to express our thoughts correctly.
RHETORIC teaches us to express them with force and elegance.
The former is generally confined to the correct application of words in
constructing single sentences. The latter treats of the proper choice of
words, of the happiest method of constructing sentences, of their most
advantageous arrangement in forming a discourse, and of the various
kinds and qualities of composition. The principles of rhetoric are
principally based on those unfolded and illustrated in the science of
grammar.
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