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Subject: Re: how do you Pronounce Astrophell?
Author: Anneza   (Authenticated as Anneza)
Date: October 3, 2006 at 3:49:13 AM
Reply to: how do you Pronounce Astrophell? by clemmy
If you look at the poems in which Sir Philip Sidney used it, then it has to have an iambic beat: AS tro FEL. And, since he invented it, he should know.

It means Star Lover all right - the lovers are Astrophel and Stella!

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