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... effect partly by the unusual use of a triple offbeat . The various methods of realising offbeats can be used in this way for local rhythmic effects ; if , however , a poet makes consistent use of either single or double offbeats in a ...
... effect partly by the unusual use of a triple offbeat . The various methods of realising offbeats can be used in this way for local rhythmic effects ; if , however , a poet makes consistent use of either single or double offbeats in a ...
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... effect of the syllables between stresses . We can gauge the relative importance of the two rhythmic principles by attending to purely syllabic verse , in which the number and position of the stresses is allowed to vary freely while the ...
... effect of the syllables between stresses . We can gauge the relative importance of the two rhythmic principles by attending to purely syllabic verse , in which the number and position of the stresses is allowed to vary freely while the ...
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... effect relies on some physical resemblance between language and the rest of the world ( an analogy I used earlier ... effects in poetry can be said to increase the degree of motivation in language , while associative effects extend the ...
... effect relies on some physical resemblance between language and the rest of the world ( an analogy I used earlier ... effects in poetry can be said to increase the degree of motivation in language , while associative effects extend 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