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Page 109
... rhythm in what follows , and to end with a rising unit is to reinforce this tendency . The reverse is true of lines that begin consistently with a beat linked to a following offbeat , especially if they have feminine ... FALLING RHYTHMS 109.
... rhythm in what follows , and to end with a rising unit is to reinforce this tendency . The reverse is true of lines that begin consistently with a beat linked to a following offbeat , especially if they have feminine ... FALLING RHYTHMS 109.
Page 112
... rhythms , it implies a strict temporal basis for verse , which , as we have seen , is a misleading interpretation ; there is little in common between waltz - rhythm and iambic metre . This rhythmic difference between rising and falling ...
... rhythms , it implies a strict temporal basis for verse , which , as we have seen , is a misleading interpretation ; there is little in common between waltz - rhythm and iambic metre . This rhythmic difference between rising and falling ...
Page 113
... falling rhythm , qua rhythm , appears to be perceptually more salient ( see Wallin , 1911–12 , pp . 114-15 ) , and would be likely , once established , to play a more prominent part in the reader's experience . Rising rhythms in English ...
... falling rhythm , qua rhythm , appears to be perceptually more salient ( see Wallin , 1911–12 , pp . 114-15 ) , and would be likely , once established , to play a more prominent part in the reader's experience . Rising rhythms in English ...
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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