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... further rules , nor am I aiming at anything like comprehensiveness or definitiveness . As with many of the metrical rules and conditions , we shall find that the regular features of this relationship spring as much from the need to ...
... further rules , nor am I aiming at anything like comprehensiveness or definitiveness . As with many of the metrical rules and conditions , we shall find that the regular features of this relationship spring as much from the need to ...
Page 237
... further three , and hints of unrealised beats at mid - line and line - end : ( 58 ) Beauty , strength , youth , are flowers but fading seen ; B 0 B ô B O B Bo Duty , faith , love , are roots , and ever green В о B ô B 0 B O В о B B Or a ...
... further three , and hints of unrealised beats at mid - line and line - end : ( 58 ) Beauty , strength , youth , are flowers but fading seen ; B 0 B ô B O B Bo Duty , faith , love , are roots , and ever green В о B ô B 0 B O В о B B Or a ...
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... further example of the blurring of the rhythm such as we find in the opposite phenomenon , three equally unstressed syllables , though it has a more pronounced effect on the movement of the line . These differences in the tension ...
... further example of the blurring of the rhythm such as we find in the opposite phenomenon , three equally unstressed syllables , though it has a more pronounced effect on the movement of the line . These differences in the tension ...
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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