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... duple rhythm , but show much freedom in the numbers of unstressed syllables between beats , rather in the way that triplets can occur in a basically duple - time piece of music ( though the tempting musical analogy is , as we have seen ...
... duple rhythm , but show much freedom in the numbers of unstressed syllables between beats , rather in the way that triplets can occur in a basically duple - time piece of music ( though the tempting musical analogy is , as we have seen ...
Page 101
... duple verse matches the two rhythmic principles of English , the stress - timed rhythm and the syllabic rhythm , by ... duple metre can be explained as a stratagem to keep the powerful triple rhythm at bay . Turning next to the influence ...
... duple verse matches the two rhythmic principles of English , the stress - timed rhythm and the syllabic rhythm , by ... duple metre can be explained as a stratagem to keep the powerful triple rhythm at bay . Turning next to the influence ...
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... duple verse conditions . The distinction is not absolute , however , and the rules reflect this by making it possible to derive lines in either duple or triple metre , or from anywhere on the spectrum between them , from exactly the ...
... duple verse conditions . The distinction is not absolute , however , and the rules reflect this by making it possible to derive lines in either duple or triple metre , or from anywhere on the spectrum between them , from exactly the ...
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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