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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... verse 5.4 Syllabic rhythm 5.5 Five-beat and four-beat rhythms. Part. Three: Metre. 6 WHAT IS A METRICAL RULE? 6.1 Rules ... Triple verse 7.10 Complexity and tension 8 METRICAL RULES AND THE STRUCTURES OF LANGUAGE 8.1 Indefinite stress 8.2 ...
... verse 5.4 Syllabic rhythm 5.5 Five-beat and four-beat rhythms. Part. Three: Metre. 6 WHAT IS A METRICAL RULE? 6.1 Rules ... Triple verse 7.10 Complexity and tension 8 METRICAL RULES AND THE STRUCTURES OF LANGUAGE 8.1 Indefinite stress 8.2 ...
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... 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 four types of metre in differing line ...
... 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 four types of metre in differing line ...
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... triple foot; this is known as trisyllabic substitution, and its most common ... verse it is used to refer to a pause within the line created by the syntax ... verse, however, and there is no reason to prefer it to 'pause' or 'syntactic ...
... triple foot; this is known as trisyllabic substitution, and its most common ... verse it is used to refer to a pause within the line created by the syntax ... verse, however, and there is no reason to prefer it to 'pause' or 'syntactic ...
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... verse is then seen as a sequence of equal disyllabic measures, each of which ... triple rhythm, since each measure is made up of three units. In order to ... verse to the rhythms of English speech. The second and third of these general ...
... verse is then seen as a sequence of equal disyllabic measures, each of which ... triple rhythm, since each measure is made up of three units. In order to ... verse to the rhythms of English speech. The second and third of these general ...
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... verse were a temporal one: any number of syllables after a beat will sustain the metre as long as the total duration ... 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 ...
... verse were a temporal one: any number of syllables after a beat will sustain the metre as long as the total duration ... 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