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We can gauge the relative importance of the two rhythmic principles by attending
to purely syllabic verse , in which the number and position of the stresses is
allowed to vary freely while the syllable count is fixed : ( 22 ) Bare - throated
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We can gauge the relative importance of the two rhythmic principles by attending
to purely syllabic verse , in which the number and position of the stresses is
allowed to vary freely while the syllable count is fixed : ( 22 ) Bare - throated
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Page 179
Syllable counting as a metrical principle may sometimes have won favour for a
different kind of external reason : it is more ... frequently ignore aural rhythms and
concentrate on the visually more obvious properties of syllable count and rhyme
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Syllable counting as a metrical principle may sometimes have won favour for a
different kind of external reason : it is more ... frequently ignore aural rhythms and
concentrate on the visually more obvious properties of syllable count and rhyme
...
Page 180
4 suggest that the control of syllables by means of pairing also reflects a rhythmic
principle of the language itself . ... lines with a fairly strict syllable count occur in
the twelfth century ( in Ormulum ) and in the thirteenth century ( in The Owl and ...
4 suggest that the control of syllables by means of pairing also reflects a rhythmic
principle of the language itself . ... lines with a fairly strict syllable count occur in
the twelfth century ( in Ormulum ) and in the thirteenth century ( in The Owl and ...
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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 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