So tenaciously should we cling to the world revealed by the Gospel, that were I to see all the Angels of Heaven… — Martin Luther Copy Share Image
One of the deep fundamentals of poetry is the recurrence of sounds, syllables, words, phrases, lines, and stanzas. Repetition can be one… — Edward Hirsch Copy Share Image
On the last drafts, I focus on the words themselves, including the rub of vowels and consonants, stressed and unstressed syllables. Yet… — Ron Rash Copy Share Image
“This sentence consists of eleven words, twenty-three syllables and seventy-four letters.” — Charles Pearson Copy Share Image
“Find the pitch and pace and syllables and words you love to hear. Delight your own senses, and self-romance.” — Alexandra Katehakis Copy Share Image
One made the observation of the people of Asia that they were all slaves to one man, merely because they could not… — Plutarch Copy Share Image
3 words, 8 letters, 3 syllables, 5 vowels, 3 consonants, 2 nouns, one emotion, many meanings, a big lie, a rare truth: I LOVE YOU! — Anonymous Copy Share Image
MONOSYLLABIC, adj. Composed of words of one syllable . . . Commonly Saxon - that is to say, words of a barbarous… — Ambrose Bierce Copy Share Image
It normally happens that if you put two words together, or two syllables together, one of them will attract more weight, more… — James Fenton Copy Share Image
'Iggy' was my dog - he was named after Iggy Pop - and 'Azalea' is the street where I grew up; together,… — Iggy Azalea Copy Share Image
Poetry is the journal of the sea animal living on land, wanting to fly in the air. Poetry is a search for… — Carl Sandburg Copy Share Image
Dogs should be called by names which are not very long, so that each may obey more quickly when he is called,… — Columella Copy Share Image
Sometimes I just start humming something, find a melody I like a lot, and if it sticks around for a couple days,… — Jack Johnson Copy Share Image
It messes me up sometimes when I go on stage and people say my name wrong. Say my name wrong with all… — Jeremih Copy Share Image
So often we think that to be encouragers we have to produce great words of wisdom when, in fact, a few simple… — Florence Littauer Copy Share Image
Abolish slavery tomorrow, and not a sentence or syllable of the Constitution need be altered. It was purposely so framed as to… — Frederick Douglass Copy Share Image
We've got the emPHAsis on the wrong sylLAble when it comes to crime in this country. The FBI says burglary and robbery… — Molly Ivins Copy Share Image
I played Thersites and I remember we were also doing some places out of town before starting our run at The Old… — Matt Lucas Copy Share Image
The states have authority to interpret the Constitution, enforce it, and protect the people from violations of it by the federal government… — Alexander Hamilton Copy Share Image
"Hallelujah" is a joyous expression the Christians have, but "Hare Krishna" has a mystical side to it. It's more than just glorifying… — George Harrison Copy Share Image
A lot of things appearing under my byline were written in one draft. But when I started to write poetry, I started… — Richard Meltzer Copy Share Image
You must get into the habit of looking intensely at words, and assuring yourself of their meaning, syllable by syllable-nay, letter by… — John Ruskin Copy Share Image
[Rhyme is] but the invention of a barbarous age, to set off wretched matter and lame Meter; ... Not without cause therefore… — John Milton Copy Share Image
I discover poetry when I was in elementary school and I was so fascinated by it. Because I realised if you get… — Taylor Swift Copy Share Image
“Even if there were only seventeen syllables left in the universe, I still don’t think The Mythical Mr. Boo would write a… — Jarod Kintz Copy Share Image
Nearly all men are slaves for the same reason that the Spartans assigned for the servitude of the Persians -- lack of… — Nicolas Chamfort Copy Share Image
“I'm a riddle in nine syllables, An elephant, a ponderous house, A melon strolling on two tendrils. O red fruit, ivory, fine… — Sylvia Plath Copy Share Image
The most reserved of men, that will not exchange two syllables together in an English coffee-house, should they meet at Ispahan, would… — William Shenstone Copy Share Image
From the body of the unborn essence arises the sphere of light, and from that sphere of light arises wisdom. From the… — Tenzin Wangyal Rinpoche Copy Share Image
In a certain way, it's the sound of the words, the inflection and the way the song is sung and the way… — David Byrne Copy Share Image
“Have you ever noticed how pretty and beautiful words can be? How easy it is to say the things you think someone… — J Sterling Copy Share Image
![“[Rhyme is] but the invention of a barbarous age, to set off wretched matter and lame Meter; ... Not without cause therefore some both Italian and Spanish poets of prime note have rejected rhyme, ... as have also long since our best English tragedies, as... trivial and of no true musical delight…” quote by John Milton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/bcd/john-milton-191_age_rhyme-is-but-the-invention-of-a-barbarou_3127072.jpg)
