21. :: : : Presumably drop the pseudo-vowel signs, maybe add a " loaf and egg " feminine ending indicator. 22. Lines 7 ( scanned above ) and 5 each have a final extrametrical syllable or " feminine ending ". 23. Usually Polish amfibrachic lines have feminine ending ( for example tetrametre sSssSssSssSs ) but some poets experiment with masculine lines. 24. The fourth line has a final extrametrical syllable or " feminine ending " ( as does the second line ). 25. The second line has a final extrametrical syllable or " feminine ending " ( one of six in this sonnet ). 26. Strip off the feminine ending of the names of the Narrator's lovers Albertine, Gilberte, Andr�e and one has their masculine counterpart. 27. Shakespeare and John Milton ( in his work before " Paradise Lost " ) at times employed feminine endings before a caesura. 28. The feminine ending is thought to have developed from a collective / abstract suffix that also gave rise to the neuter collective. 29. The Latin masculine or feminine endings used in these personal prayers can provide a clue to the gender of the original owner. 30. During the 19th century, attempts to overlay Latin grammar rules onto English required the use of feminine endings in nouns ending with-or.
