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... iambic pentameter should be capable of generating all the lines which readers would accept as iambic pentameters without generating any lines which would not be accepted ; and in so doing they should exhibit the metrical structure of ...
... iambic pentameter should be capable of generating all the lines which readers would accept as iambic pentameters without generating any lines which would not be accepted ; and in so doing they should exhibit the metrical structure of ...
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... ( iambic opening ) An optional initial offbeat may be omitted only if the first beat is immediately followed by a double offbeat Observance of this condition is the feature which distinguishes strict iambic metre from any other metre that ...
... ( iambic opening ) An optional initial offbeat may be omitted only if the first beat is immediately followed by a double offbeat Observance of this condition is the feature which distinguishes strict iambic metre from any other metre that ...
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... iambic pentameters as not observing the double offbeat condition at all . ) One of Shakespeare's best - known lines is an example of postponed compensation ( together with pairing in the second part of the line ) : ( 89 ) Let me not to ...
... iambic pentameters as not observing the double offbeat condition at all . ) One of Shakespeare's best - known lines is an example of postponed compensation ( together with pairing in the second part of the line ) : ( 89 ) Let me not to ...
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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