Pronounciation

[lexin]

I throw this out to the multitude because I forgot to ask my creative writing teacher.

How do you pronounce the name Proserpine? Is it Pross-er-pin-ay or Proser-pine or Proz-er-pin-ay or what?

I've seen it written down. I know she's in a poem by Shelley (I think it's Shelley) but I've never heard it said.

Comments

[lexin]

Interesting because the poem is obviously expecting a rhyme with wine.

I think my instinct would be Pros-er-peen-a.

[kalypso]

The whole "Winter garments must be lined, so must slender Rosalind" speech suggests that was the accepted rhyme around 1600, unless the dissonance is Touchstone's joke.