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Derek Attridge. and abbreviated as o4Bo . Optional offbeats at the beginning or end of the line can be indicated by means of parentheses ; thus optional feminine endings can be shown as : O BOBO BOB ( 0 ) or 04B ( 0 ) Note that , unlike ...
Derek Attridge. and abbreviated as o4Bo . Optional offbeats at the beginning or end of the line can be indicated by means of parentheses ; thus optional feminine endings can be shown as : O BOBO BOB ( 0 ) or 04B ( 0 ) Note that , unlike ...
Page 189
... 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 includes an optional ...
... 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 includes an optional ...
Page 357
... optional offbeat : neutral preference ( o ) : optional offbeat : preference for inclusion ( ( o ) ) : optional offbeat : preference for omission [ B ] : unrealised beat ( [ B ] ) : optional unrealised beat Thus four - beat verse with ...
... optional offbeat : neutral preference ( o ) : optional offbeat : preference for inclusion ( ( o ) ) : optional offbeat : preference for omission [ B ] : unrealised beat ( [ B ] ) : optional unrealised beat Thus four - beat verse with ...
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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