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... syntactic break ' in describing a line . Two other terms , of more value in metrical discussion , can be introduced here : a line which ends with a syntactic break is end - stopped , and one which does not is run - on ( or enjambed ) ...
... syntactic break ' in describing a line . Two other terms , of more value in metrical discussion , can be introduced here : a line which ends with a syntactic break is end - stopped , and one which does not is run - on ( or enjambed ) ...
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... syntactic breaks vary in strength ( often reflected by the punctuation ) , and a run - on which occurs between , say , a noun and the verb of which it is the subject is less strong than one between an adjective and the noun it qualifies ...
... syntactic breaks vary in strength ( often reflected by the punctuation ) , and a run - on which occurs between , say , a noun and the verb of which it is the subject is less strong than one between an adjective and the noun it qualifies ...
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... syntactic break between the stresses , allowing a natural pause to do duty for the implied offbeat , and creating a relatively discrete rhythmic unit over the following four syllables , the familiar + s - s - s + s . When the first ...
... syntactic break between the stresses , allowing a natural pause to do duty for the implied offbeat , and creating a relatively discrete rhythmic unit over the following four syllables , the familiar + s - s - s + s . When the first ...
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