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... rhyme of the familiar abcb scheme . There are many other metrical patterns which realise this basic structure , and the structure can be extended to create an effect of suspension or prolongation . One example is the ' Burns stanza ...
... rhyme of the familiar abcb scheme . There are many other metrical patterns which realise this basic structure , and the structure can be extended to create an effect of suspension or prolongation . One example is the ' Burns stanza ...
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... rhyme plays an active role in binding lines together . When a poetic style demands tightness of organisation together with the freedom to employ speech rhythms , the pentameter couplet offers the ideal combination : the adjacent rhymes ...
... rhyme plays an active role in binding lines together . When a poetic style demands tightness of organisation together with the freedom to employ speech rhythms , the pentameter couplet offers the ideal combination : the adjacent rhymes ...
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... rhyme , while a less prominent form like the run - on pentameter arouses no such expectation . We have already noted that where rhyme is used in pentameter verse , it is less a reflection of an underlying structure than a way of ...
... rhyme , while a less prominent form like the run - on pentameter arouses no such expectation . We have already noted that where rhyme is used in pentameter verse , it is less a reflection of an underlying structure than a way of ...
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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