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Almost all nursery rhymes , ballads , hymns , and other forms of popular verse
and song use the four - beat rhythm as the basis of their metre , most often in
groups of four lines or in simple variations on this basic structure . Lines with
three ...
Almost all nursery rhymes , ballads , hymns , and other forms of popular verse
and song use the four - beat rhythm as the basis of their metre , most often in
groups of four lines or in simple variations on this basic structure . Lines with
three ...
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reason for this difference is equally obvious : a four - beat rhythm , and its
manifestation in different line - lengths , is the product of the fundamental
doubling principle discussed in the previous chapter , whereas a five - beat group
cannot be ...
reason for this difference is equally obvious : a four - beat rhythm , and its
manifestation in different line - lengths , is the product of the fundamental
doubling principle discussed in the previous chapter , whereas a five - beat group
cannot be ...
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5 FIVE - BEAT AND FOUR - BEAT RHYTHMS In discussing these features of the
pentameter I have , of course , been emphasising the differences between four -
beat and five - beat rhythms . We shall examine in the rest of this book the rather
...
5 FIVE - BEAT AND FOUR - BEAT RHYTHMS In discussing these features of the
pentameter I have , of course , been emphasising the differences between four -
beat and five - beat rhythms . We shall examine in the rest of this book the rather
...
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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 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