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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... phonetic analysis of the English language, or even any vocabulary with which to begin such an analysis, those undertaking the task naturally fell back on the only metrical terminology they possessed - that of classical prosody - and ...
... phonetic analysis of the English language, or even any vocabulary with which to begin such an analysis, those undertaking the task naturally fell back on the only metrical terminology they possessed - that of classical prosody - and ...
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... audible manifestation of the ghostly divisions on which it is based, and by implying phonetic equivalences which are no more than theoretical. The classical approach tends to conceive of metre as a visual and 14 TRADITIONAL APPROACHES.
... audible manifestation of the ghostly divisions on which it is based, and by implying phonetic equivalences which are no more than theoretical. The classical approach tends to conceive of metre as a visual and 14 TRADITIONAL APPROACHES.
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... phonetic theory and the insights it promises obscured by too rigid an adherence to the musical analogy. Fundamental to this branch of the temporal tradition is the linguistic phenomenon known as isochrony oxstress-timing: the tendency ...
... phonetic theory and the insights it promises obscured by too rigid an adherence to the musical analogy. Fundamental to this branch of the temporal tradition is the linguistic phenomenon known as isochrony oxstress-timing: the tendency ...
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... complex sonic continuum, which even the most finely detailed phonetic transcription cannot fully represent, it is interpreted by someone who knows the language as a sequence of familiar THE PHONEMIC APPROACH 29 2.1 The phonemic approach.
... complex sonic continuum, which even the most finely detailed phonetic transcription cannot fully represent, it is interpreted by someone who knows the language as a sequence of familiar THE PHONEMIC APPROACH 29 2.1 The phonemic approach.
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... phonetic description, since they are irrelevant to the comprehension of English. Moreover, two speakers of English may have very different modes of speech, owing to differences in age, sex, physical endowments, regional and class ...
... phonetic description, since they are irrelevant to the comprehension of English. Moreover, two speakers of English may have very different modes of speech, owing to differences in age, sex, physical endowments, regional and class ...
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