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Page 14
... regular pace on ' bootless ' ; and the five beats of the line , instead of being evenly distributed among the ten syllables , are irregularly dispersed . The first line of the example , however , appears in a classical scansion to be ...
... regular pace on ' bootless ' ; and the five beats of the line , instead of being evenly distributed among the ten syllables , are irregularly dispersed . The first line of the example , however , appears in a classical scansion to be ...
Page 147
... regular rhythmic forms , and patterns of rhythm are perceptible in media other than language . Regular verse is a wedding between the two , and like any good marriage , involves compromises on both sides : the language has to give up ...
... regular rhythmic forms , and patterns of rhythm are perceptible in media other than language . Regular verse is a wedding between the two , and like any good marriage , involves compromises on both sides : the language has to give up ...
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... regular accentual - syllabic metre . The reader has to be true to the rhythms of the language , and let the passages of regular metre emerge of their own accord . Thus the opening two lines fall naturally into a five - beat duple rhythm ...
... regular accentual - syllabic metre . The reader has to be true to the rhythms of the language , and let the passages of regular metre emerge of their own accord . Thus the opening two lines fall naturally into a five - beat duple rhythm ...
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