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... English verse was far from obvious : George Gascoigne , the father of English metrical studies , is unusual in clearly perceiving the alternating stresses of English metre , but he identifies English stress with both ' grave ' and ...
... English verse was far from obvious : George Gascoigne , the father of English metrical studies , is unusual in clearly perceiving the alternating stresses of English metre , but he identifies English stress with both ' grave ' and ...
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... metre to override the vigorous speech rhythms here , though it is important to note that the metrical rules are not broken , merely stretched to the limit by the linguistic substance . The 200 THE RULES OF ENGLISH METRE.
... metre to override the vigorous speech rhythms here , though it is important to note that the metrical rules are not broken , merely stretched to the limit by the linguistic substance . The 200 THE RULES OF ENGLISH METRE.
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... this relationship is complicated enough in duple verse , and no attempt will be made to grapple with the problems posed by triple verse . 7.10 COMPLEXITY AND TENSION The metrical style of a body 204 THE RULES OF ENGLISH METRE.
... this relationship is complicated enough in duple verse , and no attempt will be made to grapple with the problems posed by triple verse . 7.10 COMPLEXITY AND TENSION The metrical style of a body 204 THE RULES OF ENGLISH METRE.
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LINGUISTIC APPROACHES 8228 | 28 |
THE RHYTHMS OF ENGLISH SPEECH | 59 |
THE FOURBEAT RHYTHM | 76 |
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accentual-syllabic verse alternation anapaestic Bo Bo Ceolred classical approach common metre complex create demotion deviation discussion distinction double offbeat duple metre duple verse emphasis English metre English poetry English verse example falling rhythm five-beat line following line four-beat line four-beat rhythm four-beat verse function iambic pentameter implied offbeat initial inversion initial offbeat Kiparsky language linguistic literary metrical form metrical pattern metrical rules metrical set metrical structure metrical style metrical theory metrist movement nonstresses ŏ B ŏ occur offbeat condition optional pause perceived perception phonetic phonological phrase poem poetic poetry poets pronunciation prosody reader reading rhyme rhythmic form rhythmic structure rhythmic unit scansion semantic sense sequence single offbeat speech rhythms stanza stress contour stress pattern stress-final pairing stress-initial pairing stress-timing stressed and unstressed strong syntactic break syntax tension tradition triple metre triple rhythm triple verse trochaic trochee underlying rhythm unrealised beat unstressed syllables words