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 POETRY Derek Attridge THE LANGUAGE OF HUMOUR Walter Nash GOOD ENGLISH AND THE GRAMMARIAN Sidney Greenbaum RHYTHMIC PHRASING IN ENGLISH VERSE Richard D. Cureton THE INFINITIVE IN CONTEMPORARY ENGLISH Pattrick J. Duffley 1 10 11 ...
... ENGLISH POETRY Derek Attridge THE LANGUAGE OF HUMOUR Walter Nash GOOD ENGLISH AND THE GRAMMARIAN Sidney Greenbaum RHYTHMIC PHRASING IN ENGLISH VERSE Richard D. Cureton THE INFINITIVE IN CONTEMPORARY ENGLISH Pattrick J. Duffley 1 10 11 ...
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... verse 5.4 Syllabic rhythm 5.5 Five-beat and four-beat rhythms. Part. Three: 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 ...
... verse 5.4 Syllabic rhythm 5.5 Five-beat and four-beat rhythms. Part. Three: 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 ...
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... English verse failed to match the high art of the ancients was in its apparent lack of metrical organisation and subtlety, since the only tools of analysis possessed by the early humanists were those of classical prosody, and these ...
... English verse failed to match the high art of the ancients was in its apparent lack of metrical organisation and subtlety, since the only tools of analysis possessed by the early humanists were those of classical prosody, and these ...
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... verse' (Brinsley, p. 192). Nevertheless, the exact manner in which classical terms and methods of analysis were to be transferred to English verse was far from obvious: George Gascoigne, the father of English metrical studies, is ...
... verse' (Brinsley, p. 192). Nevertheless, the exact manner in which classical terms and methods of analysis were to be transferred to English verse was far from obvious: George Gascoigne, the father of English metrical studies, is ...
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... English verse of terms and concepts borrowed from an ancient language, which were themselves a borrowing from an even earlier one. Nevertheless, because of its importance in the writing of both poets and critics, the outlines of the ...
... English verse of terms and concepts borrowed from an ancient language, which were themselves a borrowing from an even earlier one. Nevertheless, because of its importance in the writing of both poets and critics, the outlines of the ...
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