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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... unstressed syllable, or nonstress, and / for a stress (a less misleading notation than those which retain one or both of the classical symbols for long and short syllables): (a) Types of foot x / iambic foot or iamb / x trochaic foot or ...
... unstressed syllable, or nonstress, and / for a stress (a less misleading notation than those which retain one or both of the classical symbols for long and short syllables): (a) Types of foot x / iambic foot or iamb / x trochaic foot or ...
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... unstressed syllables, it will be obvious that of the six kinds of foot listed, only those which include syllables of both types can be used as the foundation of a simple metre, producing four main varieties of verse. Those which make ...
... unstressed syllables, it will be obvious that of the six kinds of foot listed, only those which include syllables of both types can be used as the foundation of a simple metre, producing four main varieties of verse. Those which make ...
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... syllables in the line is strictly controlled, the classical approach and the ... syllable of 'upon' is given some degree of stress. But the source of the ... unstressed 'with'. The tension is experienced not between two simultaneously ...
... syllables in the line is strictly controlled, the classical approach and the ... syllable of 'upon' is given some degree of stress. But the source of the ... unstressed 'with'. The tension is experienced not between two simultaneously ...
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... syllables of a phrase likeJdhn stdnds, spoken slowly but naturally, and then introduce an increasing number of unstressed syllables between the stresses, keeping the time-interval between the stresses the same: Johnny stdnds, Jdhnny ...
... syllables of a phrase likeJdhn stdnds, spoken slowly but naturally, and then introduce an increasing number of unstressed syllables between the stresses, keeping the time-interval between the stresses the same: Johnny stdnds, Jdhnny ...
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... syllables after a beat will sustain the metre as long as the total duration of the measure can be kept equal to that ... unstressed syllables without metrical consequences. This is obviously not so, as the subtraction of one nonstress ...
... syllables after a beat will sustain the metre as long as the total duration of the measure can be kept equal to that ... unstressed syllables without metrical consequences. This is obviously not so, as the subtraction of one nonstress ...
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