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Page 119
... give to the first word in each line . If we emphasise it by means of a strong stress , a heavy rhythm is established , which moves the verse on with a regularity and insistence which , it might be felt , is appropriate to the poet's ...
... give to the first word in each line . If we emphasise it by means of a strong stress , a heavy rhythm is established , which moves the verse on with a regularity and insistence which , it might be felt , is appropriate to the poet's ...
Page 147
... give up its freedom to arrange syllables in whatever patterns the sense requires , and to submit to a new set of principles , while the rhythmic forms have to give up the perfect regularity and symmetry they possess in their ideal state ...
... give up its freedom to arrange syllables in whatever patterns the sense requires , and to submit to a new set of principles , while the rhythmic forms have to give up the perfect regularity and symmetry they possess in their ideal state ...
Page 319
... give secondary stresses and minor category words any weight . The result is that the stresses are separated by anything between four nonstresses and none at all , producing the distinctive irregularity of ordinary speech : + S -S -S -S ...
... give secondary stresses and minor category words any weight . The result is that the stresses are separated by anything between four nonstresses and none at all , producing the distinctive irregularity of ordinary speech : + S -S -S -S ...
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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