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But it is possible to create in verse a dipodic alternation that begins with the
secondary beat ; this is achieved by starting the line with two relatively weak
syllables , which are interpreted , once the general rhythmic scheme has been ...
But it is possible to create in verse a dipodic alternation that begins with the
secondary beat ; this is achieved by starting the line with two relatively weak
syllables , which are interpreted , once the general rhythmic scheme has been ...
Page 208
The opposite is conceivable , too : a line , or at least a group of lines , in Dryden '
s metrical style might create tension of a kind in a poem by Milton through their
unwonted regularity . A complex metrical style has a relatively high level of ...
The opposite is conceivable , too : a line , or at least a group of lines , in Dryden '
s metrical style might create tension of a kind in a poem by Milton through their
unwonted regularity . A complex metrical style has a relatively high level of ...
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Browning , for instance , bends it to his own purposes in the vigorous pentameter
verse of ' Fra Lippo Lippi ' , creating ... B It can be used to create in the context of
five - beat verse an evenly balanced line with three beats matching a further ...
Browning , for instance , bends it to his own purposes in the vigorous pentameter
verse of ' Fra Lippo Lippi ' , creating ... B It can be used to create in the context of
five - beat verse an evenly balanced line with three beats matching a further ...
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Contents
TRADITIONAL APPROACHES | 3 |
LINGUISTIC APPROACHES | 30 |
THE RHYTHMS OF ENGLISH SPEECH | 59 |
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acceptable alliteration allow already alternation approach beat beginning chapter classical common complex conventions course create demands demotion deviation discussion distinction double offbeat duple effect emphasis English established example expect experience expressive fact falling final five-beat four four-beat function further give given hand iambic implied offbeat important indicate initial instance inversion kind language less linguistic literary means metre metrical pattern movement natural nonstresses normal noted observed occur opening optional pairing particular pause pentameter perceived perhaps phrase poem poetry poets position possible preference principle produces promotion pronunciation provides reader reading realisation reflect regular relationship result rhyme rhythm rhythmic rising rules scansion semantic sense sequence simple single sounds speech stanza stress strong structure subordination suggest syntactic tension theory third tradition triple trochaic underlying units unstressed syllables usually variation verse