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... metrist who finds classical prosody , with only two categories of syllable , severely limited , and musical notation too impressionistic and too wedded to the notion of temporal relationships , might well be tempted by this system ...
... metrist who finds classical prosody , with only two categories of syllable , severely limited , and musical notation too impressionistic and too wedded to the notion of temporal relationships , might well be tempted by this system ...
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... metrist sees his task as formulating the rules which make judgements of metricality possible . The clues that lead to these rules do not lie in what the reader thinks he has imbibed , but in the actual judgements he makes of particular ...
... metrist sees his task as formulating the rules which make judgements of metricality possible . The clues that lead to these rules do not lie in what the reader thinks he has imbibed , but in the actual judgements he makes of particular ...
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... metrist who learned a great deal from Latin verse , does the same in a line which clearly imitates Milton's : ( 112 ) Rain , wind , frost , heat , hail , damp , and sleet , and snow 8 B ة B ة B O B O B None of these examples tempts the ...
... metrist who learned a great deal from Latin verse , does the same in a line which clearly imitates Milton's : ( 112 ) Rain , wind , frost , heat , hail , damp , and sleet , and snow 8 B ة B ة B O B O B None of these examples tempts the ...
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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