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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... tradition of regular accentual-syllabic verse in Middle and Modern English. This has meant keeping off some of the most picturesque byways of English versification, such as syllabic verse, classical imitations, concrete poetry, and the ...
... tradition of regular accentual-syllabic verse in Middle and Modern English. This has meant keeping off some of the most picturesque byways of English versification, such as syllabic verse, classical imitations, concrete poetry, and the ...
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... tradition. A proper understanding of the first two influences requires some forays into the domains of linguistics, psychology, and music, while the third demands close attention to the practice of poets, taking account not only of what ...
... tradition. A proper understanding of the first two influences requires some forays into the domains of linguistics, psychology, and music, while the third demands close attention to the practice of poets, taking account not only of what ...
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Derek Attridge. This page intentionally left blank Chapter 1 Traditional approaches One kind of insight into the.
Derek Attridge. This page intentionally left blank Chapter 1 Traditional approaches One kind of insight into the.
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... and what misleading about these traditional accounts. While prosodic approaches of more recent origin, to be discussed in the next chapter, have begun to make themselves felt in literary criticism, it is still true to 1 TRADITIONAL ...
... and what misleading about these traditional accounts. While prosodic approaches of more recent origin, to be discussed in the next chapter, have begun to make themselves felt in literary criticism, it is still true to 1 TRADITIONAL ...
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... tradition had come closer to equalling the achievements of Greece and Rome than any imitations of classical metres ... TRADITIONAL APPROACHES 1.1 The classical approach.
... tradition had come closer to equalling the achievements of Greece and Rome than any imitations of classical metres ... TRADITIONAL APPROACHES 1.1 The classical approach.
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