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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... poetic form but by the deep personal involvement in (and love of) poetry itself. Even these, though essential, are not sufficient. Derek Attridge has made himself expert in linguistics - historical, traditional, structural, and ...
... poetic form but by the deep personal involvement in (and love of) poetry itself. Even these, though essential, are not sufficient. Derek Attridge has made himself expert in linguistics - historical, traditional, structural, and ...
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... poetry. Readers with an exclusively literary or exclusively linguistic background may find that occasionally they are asked to think in ways more characteristic of the other discipline, but advances in the study of poetic language ...
... poetry. Readers with an exclusively literary or exclusively linguistic background may find that occasionally they are asked to think in ways more characteristic of the other discipline, but advances in the study of poetic language ...
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... poetry that the modern reader's metrical knowledge is based. The book is designed to be read as a whole, but the interdependence of parts and chapters is balanced by a measure of independence which should enable readers to follow up ...
... poetry that the modern reader's metrical knowledge is based. The book is designed to be read as a whole, but the interdependence of parts and chapters is balanced by a measure of independence which should enable readers to follow up ...
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... poet or reader; if these individuals are consistently masculine, it is only because I have found no practicable way of evading the established convention. My work on this subject owes a great deal, both directly and indirectly, to my ...
... poet or reader; if these individuals are consistently masculine, it is only because I have found no practicable way of evading the established convention. My work on this subject owes a great deal, both directly and indirectly, to my ...
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... poetry owe their existence to theories which bear the dust - or the patina — of centuries upon them. 1.1 THE CLASSICAL APPROACH When, in the sixteenth century, English poets, scholars, and educators joined the general European ...
... poetry owe their existence to theories which bear the dust - or the patina — of centuries upon them. 1.1 THE CLASSICAL APPROACH When, in the sixteenth century, English poets, scholars, and educators joined the general European ...
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