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Milton likewise uses his Monosyllables very artfully in placing them at the Conclusion of a Line, so as to divide the last Foot of the Verse, which has a very extraordinary Effect.
"Silence, ye troubled Waves, and thou, Deep,
Peace.
Again he divides the last Foot by making a Monosyllable the Beginning of a new Sentence, which is very pleasing.
"——————Up flood the Corny Reed
Imbattled in his Plain, the humble Furz
And Bush with frisled Hair implicit. Last
Rose as in Dance the stately Trees.
Milton also sometimes places two Monosyllables at the End of the Line, stopping at the 4th Foot, to adapt the Measure of the Verse to the Sense; and then begins the next Line in the same manner, which has a wonderful Effect.