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Page 185
... normal pairing formations . We can call this variation postponed pairing , and a metrical style which employs it as a regular feature can be indicated by omitting the qualification ' immediately ' in the statement of the pairing ...
... normal pairing formations . We can call this variation postponed pairing , and a metrical style which employs it as a regular feature can be indicated by omitting the qualification ' immediately ' in the statement of the pairing ...
Page 207
... normal usage , but an accumulation of such clauses will make it very difficult to understand . Similarly , the use of several deviations in a line , while not breaking any rule , may make the metre difficult to read and to perceive ...
... normal usage , but an accumulation of such clauses will make it very difficult to understand . Similarly , the use of several deviations in a line , while not breaking any rule , may make the metre difficult to read and to perceive ...
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... normal stress contours of the language . We may wish to minimise this tension between the regularity of the set and the irregularity of the language by giving the syllable in question the least degree of stress consistent with normal ...
... normal stress contours of the language . We may wish to minimise this tension between the regularity of the set and the irregularity of the language by giving the syllable in question the least degree of stress consistent with normal ...
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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