Bridges' Analysis of Paradise Lost - Lines With Non-standard Stresses

Lines With Non-standard Stresses

Bridges examines the inversion of each of the five feet.

  1. the first foot is commonly inverted to give freshness to the rhythm
  2. the second foot is rarely inverted
  3. the inversion of the third foot is fairly common
  4. the inversion of the fourth foot is fairly common
  5. the inversion of the fifth foot is very rare, and considered by some to be impossible; Bridges cites two clear examples

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