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... rhythm of language speaks louder , the elementary rhythmic form more softly . This is not to say that four - beat verse in the literary tradition encourages the reader to use unnatural pronunciations to bring out the rhythm , but that the ...
... rhythm of language speaks louder , the elementary rhythmic form more softly . This is not to say that four - beat verse in the literary tradition encourages the reader to use unnatural pronunciations to bring out the rhythm , but that the ...
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... 4 , these do not have the same cohesion as the 4 × 4 structure , and the true underlying rhythm of five - beat verse is always the single five - beat unit . The metrical patterns which realise four - beat verse can , as we have seen ...
... 4 , these do not have the same cohesion as the 4 × 4 structure , and the true underlying rhythm of five - beat verse is always the single five - beat unit . The metrical patterns which realise four - beat verse can , as we have seen ...
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Derek Attridge. 5.5 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 ...
Derek Attridge. 5.5 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 ...
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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