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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... Metre. 6 WHAT IS A METRICAL RULE? 6.1 Rules of metre and rules of language 6.2 Metrical set 7 THE RULES OF ENGLISH METRE 7.1 Underlying rhythms and metrical patterns 7.2 Base rules and double offbeats 7.3 Promotion 7.4 Demotion 7.5 ...
... Metre. 6 WHAT IS A METRICAL RULE? 6.1 Rules of metre and rules of language 6.2 Metrical set 7 THE RULES OF ENGLISH METRE 7.1 Underlying rhythms and metrical patterns 7.2 Base rules and double offbeats 7.3 Promotion 7.4 Demotion 7.5 ...
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... metre, producing four main varieties of verse. Those which make use of the two-syllable feet are said to be in duple or binary metres, those which use three-syllable feet in triple or ternary metres. The following are examples of the ...
... metre, producing four main varieties of verse. Those which make use of the two-syllable feet are said to be in duple or binary metres, those which use three-syllable feet in triple or ternary metres. The following are examples of the ...
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... metre, three lines of iambic tetrameter are followed by an iambic trimeter ... triple foot; this is known as trisyllabic substitution, and its most common ... Triple metres are dealt with on the same principle, though less elegantly ...
... metre, three lines of iambic tetrameter are followed by an iambic trimeter ... triple foot; this is known as trisyllabic substitution, and its most common ... Triple metres are dealt with on the same principle, though less elegantly ...
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... metres of English are regarded as having a triple rhythm, since each measure is made up of three units. In order to preserve the equality of the measures in such an analysis, rests are freely used, and some writers in this tradition ...
... metres of English are regarded as having a triple rhythm, since each measure is made up of three units. In order to preserve the equality of the measures in such an analysis, rests are freely used, and some writers in this tradition ...
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... metre as long as the total duration of the measure can be kept equal to that of the previous measures. What this ... triple movement: i 1 i 7 i 1 ri I When in dis I grace with! Love and men'sleyesl The cardinal difference between the ...
... metre as long as the total duration of the measure can be kept equal to that of the previous measures. What this ... triple movement: i 1 i 7 i 1 ri I When in dis I grace with! Love and men'sleyesl The cardinal difference between the ...
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