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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... stressed or unstressed, matching the iong' and 'short' of the classical originals. Most English metres consist of ... unstressed syllable, or nonstress, and / for a stress (a less misleading notation than those which retain one or both ...
... stressed or unstressed, matching the iong' and 'short' of the classical originals. Most English metres consist of ... unstressed syllable, or nonstress, and / for a stress (a less misleading notation than those which retain one or both ...
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Derek Attridge. Since the English language is incapable of a long succession of either stressed or unstressed syllables, it will be obvious that of the six kinds of foot listed, only those which include syllables of both types can be ...
Derek Attridge. Since the English language is incapable of a long succession of either stressed or unstressed syllables, it will be obvious that of the six kinds of foot listed, only those which include syllables of both types can be ...
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... unstressed syllable to replace an iamb by an anapaest, or a trochee by a dactyl. Thus in the following example the ... stress; these are, respectively, feminine and triple endings (as opposed to the masculine ending which terminates the line ...
... unstressed syllable to replace an iamb by an anapaest, or a trochee by a dactyl. Thus in the following example the ... stress; these are, respectively, feminine and triple endings (as opposed to the masculine ending which terminates the line ...
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... stress of 'heav'n', nor of any notional stress challenging the unstressed 'with'. The tension is experienced not between two simultaneously perceived levels, but in the linear progression of the line: the stress on 'deaf is immediately ...
... stress of 'heav'n', nor of any notional stress challenging the unstressed 'with'. The tension is experienced not between two simultaneously perceived levels, but in the linear progression of the line: the stress on 'deaf is immediately ...
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... stressed syllables of certain languages to fall at perceptually equal time ... unstressed syllables between the stresses, keeping the time-interval between ... stressed syllable, however, and try to maintain the the timing of the original ...
... stressed syllables of certain languages to fall at perceptually equal time ... unstressed syllables between the stresses, keeping the time-interval between ... stressed syllable, however, and try to maintain the the timing of the original ...
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