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... third alternative : ( 2 ) Batter my heart , three - personed God , for you W SW S W SW S W S The stressed syllables which fall in the first and third weak positions are not stress maxima , being neutralised in one case by the adjacent ...
... third alternative : ( 2 ) Batter my heart , three - personed God , for you W SW S W SW S W S The stressed syllables which fall in the first and third weak positions are not stress maxima , being neutralised in one case by the adjacent ...
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... third beat of these lines is also the fourth and final main beat of the larger two - line unit . If an example of common metre is read with exaggerated stresses on the first and third beats of each line , the larger structure ...
... third beat of these lines is also the fourth and final main beat of the larger two - line unit . If an example of common metre is read with exaggerated stresses on the first and third beats of each line , the larger structure ...
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... third line what was missing in the first two , and rounding off the rhythmic shape with an unbroken succession of seven realised beats . The characteristic intonation pattern of the third line mentioned earlier is preserved ( or even ...
... third line what was missing in the first two , and rounding off the rhythmic shape with an unbroken succession of seven realised beats . The characteristic intonation pattern of the third line mentioned earlier is preserved ( or even ...
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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