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... metrical structure of the acceptable lines , as well as the ways in which the unacceptable lines deviate from metricality . Or , if we limit the task to a single author , we might attempt to formulate the rules of , say , Chaucer's ...
... metrical structure of the acceptable lines , as well as the ways in which the unacceptable lines deviate from metricality . Or , if we limit the task to a single author , we might attempt to formulate the rules of , say , Chaucer's ...
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... metrical pattern . What is more , the rules make it very easy to avoid stress maxima : one merely has to keep ... structure ( or , what amounts to the same thing , any metrical structure ) : ( 5 ) Before , behind , between , above ...
... metrical pattern . What is more , the rules make it very easy to avoid stress maxima : one merely has to keep ... structure ( or , what amounts to the same thing , any metrical structure ) : ( 5 ) Before , behind , between , above ...
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... structural and rule - governed features . ) It is not merely fortuitous , however , that all the lines of ( 53 ) have a metrical pattern that begins with an offbeat and ends with a beat , while those of ( 54 ) begin with a beat and ...
... structural and rule - governed features . ) It is not merely fortuitous , however , that all the lines of ( 53 ) have a metrical pattern that begins with an offbeat and ends with a beat , while those of ( 54 ) begin with a beat and ...
Contents
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