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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... examples. The more technical points of the book's argument are summarised in the Appendix. Although (or perhaps because) ... example I quote is to illustrate a general point about English poetic rhythm, questions of provenance and textual ...
... examples. The more technical points of the book's argument are summarised in the Appendix. Although (or perhaps because) ... example I quote is to illustrate a general point about English poetic rhythm, questions of provenance and textual ...
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... example of great poets, and any attempt to scan English verse by the familiar procedures of classical prosody ... examples by Ascham, Sidney, Spenser, Greene, and Campion. Although some of this 'quantitative' verse achieved critical ...
... example of great poets, and any attempt to scan English verse by the familiar procedures of classical prosody ... examples by Ascham, Sidney, Spenser, Greene, and Campion. Although some of this 'quantitative' verse achieved critical ...
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... example (11). In (11), each of the two stresses attracts one of the line's main beats, and the relationship between the pattern of ten syllables and five rhythmic pulses is disturbed; in (13) there is still a single syllable for each ...
... example (11). In (11), each of the two stresses attracts one of the line's main beats, and the relationship between the pattern of ten syllables and five rhythmic pulses is disturbed; in (13) there is still a single syllable for each ...
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... example, has only two substitutions, but sounds clearly out of place in the context of regular iambic pentameter verse: / x / / x / x / X 1 x / x / When men see by Time's hand the world destroyed If we remove the foot-divisions, however ...
... example, has only two substitutions, but sounds clearly out of place in the context of regular iambic pentameter verse: / x / / x / x / X 1 x / x / When men see by Time's hand the world destroyed If we remove the foot-divisions, however ...
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... example might be: □rid7. jIj. j. Id. j. Ij«t\. (16) But mail thou Igoddess,! sage and Iholy As in music, the bar-lines always fall before the main beats, and therefore, unlike foot-divisions, make no distinction between iambic and trochaic ...
... example might be: □rid7. jIj. j. Id. j. Ij«t\. (16) But mail thou Igoddess,! sage and Iholy As in music, the bar-lines always fall before the main beats, and therefore, unlike foot-divisions, make no distinction between iambic and trochaic ...
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