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128. _Should the voice agree in style with the different varieties of prose?_ It should, and the performer should endeavor to produce the exact sentiments of the writer. 129. _What is Poetry?_ A discourse written in verse and metrical language. 130. _What is a Verse?_ A single line of metrical language. 131. _Is it correct to use the term verse in speaking of a division of prose?_ It is not. 132. _What should we call such division?_ Paragraph or Division. 133. _What is a Stanza?_ A number of metrical lines, or verses, combined according to a regular system. 134. _How many kinds of metrical language?_ Two. 135. _What are they?_ Rhyme and Blank Verse. 136. _What is Rhyme?_ That language in which the concluding syllables of the verses have a similarity of sound. 137. _How many kinds of Rhyme?_ Two. 138. _What are they?_ Perfect and imperfect. 139. _What is a Perfect rhyme?_ Where the vowels have the same sound. 140. _What is an Imperfect rhyme?_ Where the vowels have a different sound. 141. _What is Blank Verse?_ A kind of metrical language in which there is no similarity of sound. 142. _What is the Caesura pause?_ A rhythmic pause occurring in a verse. 143. _How many rules should be observed in the use of the Caesura?_ Three. 144. _Give Rule 1._ The pause should be near the middle of the verse. 145. _Give Rule 2._ It should never divide a word. 146. _Give Rule 3._ Should not separate words from their modifiers, as adjectives from nouns, adverbs from verbs, etc. 147. _Do all verses have the caesura pause?_ They do if over three feet in length. 148. _What is meant by a Foot in verse?_ A certain portion of a line divided according to accent. 149. _When melody comes in contact with accent, which should yield?_ Accent. 150. _Is there any other rhythmic pause than the Caesura?_ There is; the demi-caesura is sometimes used. 151. _How many kinds of Poetry are there?_ Seven. 152. _What are they?_ Epic, Dramatic, Lyric, Elegiac, Didactic, Satiric and Pastoral. 153. _What is an Epic poem?_ A poetical recital of some great and heroic enterprise. 154. _Are there many Epic poems?_ There are not; most nations have one. 155. _Name the three Epics of greatest note._ Homer's Ilia
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