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Page 84
The following two ballad stanzas will illustrate both of these more cohesive
schemes : ( 9 ) He took the halter frae his hose ... as , for instance , in Tennyson '
s In Memoriam stanza , which achieves its special character by postponing a
sense of ...
The following two ballad stanzas will illustrate both of these more cohesive
schemes : ( 9 ) He took the halter frae his hose ... as , for instance , in Tennyson '
s In Memoriam stanza , which achieves its special character by postponing a
sense of ...
Page 128
The traditional stanza forms in which five - beat verse has been successfully
written all use undivided pentameters , sometimes with an occasional six - beat
line ; and because each five - beat line is rhythmically independent , rhyme plays
an ...
The traditional stanza forms in which five - beat verse has been successfully
written all use undivided pentameters , sometimes with an occasional six - beat
line ; and because each five - beat line is rhythmically independent , rhyme plays
an ...
Page 330
Only at the very end of the stanza does Hardy avail himself of the possible
methods of muting a triple rhythm , by substituting a single offbeat for the
expected double offbeat . Yet the rhythm does not dominate the language ; it is
rapid , but not ...
Only at the very end of the stanza does Hardy avail himself of the possible
methods of muting a triple rhythm , by substituting a single offbeat for the
expected double offbeat . Yet the rhythm does not dominate the language ; it is
rapid , but not ...
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Contents
TRADITIONAL APPROACHES | 3 |
LINGUISTIC APPROACHES | 30 |
THE RHYTHMS OF ENGLISH SPEECH | 59 |
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acceptable alliteration allow already alternation approach beat beginning chapter classical common complex conventions course create demands demotion deviation discussion distinction double offbeat duple effect emphasis English established example expect experience expressive fact falling final five-beat four four-beat function further give given hand iambic implied offbeat important indicate initial instance inversion kind language less linguistic literary means metre metrical pattern movement natural nonstresses normal noted observed occur opening optional pairing particular pause pentameter perceived perhaps phrase poem poetry poets position possible preference principle produces promotion pronunciation provides reader reading realisation reflect regular relationship result rhyme rhythm rhythmic rising rules scansion semantic sense sequence simple single sounds speech stanza stress strong structure subordination suggest syntactic tension theory third tradition triple trochaic underlying units unstressed syllables usually variation verse