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... usually imply a fourth , unrealised , beat ; and lines with six main stresses usually resolve into two units of three , each with an unrealised fourth beat , as , for instance , in the first line of the poulter's measure couplet ...
... usually imply a fourth , unrealised , beat ; and lines with six main stresses usually resolve into two units of three , each with an unrealised fourth beat , as , for instance , in the first line of the poulter's measure couplet ...
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... usually been well acquainted with French or Italian models , whether we think of Chaucer in the fourteenth century , Wyatt and Surrey in the sixteenth , or Waller and Dryden in the seventeenth . In eighteenth - century England , as ...
... usually been well acquainted with French or Italian models , whether we think of Chaucer in the fourteenth century , Wyatt and Surrey in the sixteenth , or Waller and Dryden in the seventeenth . In eighteenth - century England , as ...
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... usually does not emerge as a perceptual unit , since there is nothing to signal its beginning , and its end usually blends with the following beat . ) Compared with the pattern -s -s + s + s , this rhythmic shape is more clearly ...
... usually does not emerge as a perceptual unit , since there is nothing to signal its beginning , and its end usually blends with the following beat . ) Compared with the pattern -s -s + s + s , this rhythmic shape is more clearly ...
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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