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... rule , that rule has captured a significant generalisation , and may be a pointer to the basic principles on which metrical form rests . Thus the formulated rules for , say , iambic pentameter should be capable of generating all the ...
... rule , that rule has captured a significant generalisation , and may be a pointer to the basic principles on which metrical form rests . Thus the formulated rules for , say , iambic pentameter should be capable of generating all the ...
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... RULES OF METRE AND RULES OF LANGUAGE Metrical form is an aspect of poetry that has always attracted discussion in terms of rules , and this reflects an abiding intuition that the activity of ... RULE ? Rules of metre and rules of language.
... RULES OF METRE AND RULES OF LANGUAGE Metrical form is an aspect of poetry that has always attracted discussion in terms of rules , and this reflects an abiding intuition that the activity of ... RULE ? Rules of metre and rules of language.
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... rules in the set for that metre ; or , to put it another way , every realisation rule has attached to it the implied ... rules , it seems truer to rhythmic reality to include this option within the offbeat rule : Offbeat rule One or two ...
... rules in the set for that metre ; or , to put it another way , every realisation rule has attached to it the implied ... rules , it seems truer to rhythmic reality to include this option within the offbeat rule : Offbeat rule One or two ...
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