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... stanza , emphasise that between the two halves , giving the whole quatrain a fuller sense of cohesion . The following two ballad stanzas will illustrate both of these more cohesive schemes : ( 9 ) He took the halter frae his hose , And ...
... stanza , emphasise that between the two halves , giving the whole quatrain a fuller sense of cohesion . The following two ballad stanzas will illustrate both of these more cohesive schemes : ( 9 ) He took the halter frae his hose , And ...
Page 128
... 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 active ...
... 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 active ...
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... stanza presents the dead woman's call without any expressed doubts as to its reality , and this apparent certainty is matched by the simple realisation of the metre : Woman much missed , how you call to me , call to me , B ŏ B O B ŏ ...
... stanza presents the dead woman's call without any expressed doubts as to its reality , and this apparent certainty is matched by the simple realisation of the metre : Woman much missed , how you call to me , call to me , B ŏ B O B ŏ ...
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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