Milton wrote his epic in lines of unrhymed iambic pentameter or what we call, and what Milton would have called, blank verse.
弥尔顿的史诗由不押韵的抑扬格五音步诗句写成,我们,还有弥尔顿都称其为无韵诗。
Up to this point in literary history, only verse written for the theater had been written in unrhymed lines of iambic pentameter, in blank verse.
文学发展到那时候,只有为戏剧写的诗,才会用不押韵的抑扬格五音步,即无韵诗。
How many of you know what iambic pentameter is?
你们有多少人知道抑扬格的五音步格诗?
Milton is alerting us to the significance of the word "first" in the very first line, in this wonderful act of violating the laws of iambic pentameter.
弥尔顿在第一句就促使我们注意到“,“初/先“一词的重要性,不惜违背了抑扬格五音步诗的格律。
Knowing what iambic pentameter is, is not a gift of birth, but rather something that comes through a little bit of practice, which means we have to work at it a little bit.
没有谁是生来就知道抑扬五音步格诗,是需要努力才能知道的,这说明我们必须在这个上面花点功夫。
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