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Page 104
... beginning to the end of the stanza , and perhaps even the entire poem , so it is necessary to re - examine the status of syllables at the beginning and end of each line in this larger context . Let us return to the familiar realisation ...
... beginning to the end of the stanza , and perhaps even the entire poem , so it is necessary to re - examine the status of syllables at the beginning and end of each line in this larger context . Let us return to the familiar realisation ...
Page 169
... beginning of the line and at the end , demotion is possible only at the beginning . It cannot be said that a stress may realise an offbeat when it is not adjacent to a nonstress , and the demotion rule is therefore not a strict mirror ...
... beginning of the line and at the end , demotion is possible only at the beginning . It cannot be said that a stress may realise an offbeat when it is not adjacent to a nonstress , and the demotion rule is therefore not a strict mirror ...
Page 184
... beginning after the pause between the stresses : + S -S -S + S ŏ B ( 63 ) The rustic youth , brown with meridian toil This + s B ô B -s - s + s grouping has a distinctive and cohesive form which we might indicate musically as ♫ Its ...
... beginning after the pause between the stresses : + S -S -S + S ŏ B ( 63 ) The rustic youth , brown with meridian toil This + s B ô B -s - s + s grouping has a distinctive and cohesive form which we might indicate musically as ♫ Its ...
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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