The Rhythms of English PoetryExamines the way in which poetry in English makes use of rhythm. The author argues that there are three major influences which determine the verse-forms used in any language: the natural rhythm of the spoken language itself; the properties of rhythmic form; and the metrical conventions which have grown up within the literary tradition. He investigates these in order to explain the forms of English verse, and to show how rhythm and metre work as an essential part of the reader's experience of poetry. |
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... English metre: its aim is not merely to summarise these approaches but also to ascertain the requirements of an adequate metrical theory, and it therefore adumbrates some of the main arguments that follow. The next two parts deal with ...
... English metre: its aim is not merely to summarise these approaches but also to ascertain the requirements of an adequate metrical theory, and it therefore adumbrates some of the main arguments that follow. The next two parts deal with ...
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... Metre. 6 WHAT IS A METRICAL RULE? 6.1 Rules of metre and rules of language 6.2 Metrical set 7 THE RULES OF ENGLISH METRE 7.1 Underlying rhythms and metrical patterns 7.2 Base rules and double offbeats 7.3 Promotion 7.4 Demotion 7.5 ...
... Metre. 6 WHAT IS A METRICAL RULE? 6.1 Rules of metre and rules of language 6.2 Metrical set 7 THE RULES OF ENGLISH METRE 7.1 Underlying rhythms and metrical patterns 7.2 Base rules and double offbeats 7.3 Promotion 7.4 Demotion 7.5 ...
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... metre which have proved most tenacious in their hold on the English literary consciousness, and which are most likely to affect - whether we realise it or not - our present reading, teaching, and criticism of verse. This examination ...
... metre which have proved most tenacious in their hold on the English literary consciousness, and which are most likely to affect - whether we realise it or not - our present reading, teaching, and criticism of verse. This examination ...
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... English verse was far from obvious: George Gascoigne, the father of English metrical studies, is unusual in clearly perceiving the alternating stresses of English metre, but he identifies English stress with both 'grave' and 'long ...
... English verse was far from obvious: George Gascoigne, the father of English metrical studies, is unusual in clearly perceiving the alternating stresses of English metre, but he identifies English stress with both 'grave' and 'long ...
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... English metrical practice, but these should be consulted in their original presentations.3 The classical approach to English metre takes as its fundamental unit the foot, a group of syllables each of which is defined as stressed or ...
... English metrical practice, but these should be consulted in their original presentations.3 The classical approach to English metre takes as its fundamental unit the foot, a group of syllables each of which is defined as stressed or ...
Contents
Rhythm | 57 |
Metre | 145 |
Practice | 283 |
RULES AND SCANSION | 357 |
Bibliography | 363 |
Sources of examples | 376 |
Index | 388 |
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accentual-syllabic verse alternation anapaestic B B B B Ceolred chapter classical approach common metre complex create David Abercrombie deviation discussion distinction double offbeat duple metre duple verse emphasis English metre 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 language linguistic literary metrical form metrical pattern metrical rules metrical set metrical structure metrical style metrical subordination metrical theory metrist movement nonstresses occur offbeat condition optional pause perceived perception phonetic phonological phrase poem poetic poetry poets promotion 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 syllable count syntactic break syntax tension tradition triple metre triple rhythm triple verse trochaic trochee underlying rhythm unrealised beat unstressed syllables words