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... emphasis on ' me ' , which is a demoted syllable , and the following example from ' Verses on the Death of Dr Swift ' is even clearer : ( 27 ) For how can stony bowels melt In those who never pity felt ; + S S + S When we are lashed ...
... emphasis on ' me ' , which is a demoted syllable , and the following example from ' Verses on the Death of Dr Swift ' is even clearer : ( 27 ) For how can stony bowels melt In those who never pity felt ; + S S + S When we are lashed ...
Page 254
... emphasis , and the use of pitch as in examples ( 27 ) and ( 28 ) will not serve , while ' Thea ' is obviously spoken as an unemphatic address to a companion . Similarly , in ( 116 ) the third syllable of the trio is part of an address ...
... emphasis , and the use of pitch as in examples ( 27 ) and ( 28 ) will not serve , while ' Thea ' is obviously spoken as an unemphatic address to a companion . Similarly , in ( 116 ) the third syllable of the trio is part of an address ...
Page 303
... EMPHASIS AND CONNECTION Rhythm participates in the greater semantic density of poetic language not only by establishing its own connections between the poem and the physical and mental ... EMPHASIS AND CONNECTION 303 Emphasis and connection.
... EMPHASIS AND CONNECTION Rhythm participates in the greater semantic density of poetic language not only by establishing its own connections between the poem and the physical and mental ... EMPHASIS AND CONNECTION 303 Emphasis and connection.
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LINGUISTIC APPROACHES 8228 | 28 |
THE RHYTHMS OF ENGLISH SPEECH | 59 |
THE FOURBEAT RHYTHM | 76 |
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