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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... LINGUISTIC GUIDE TO ENGLISH POETRY 4 Geoffrey N. Leech AN INTRODUCTION TO 7 MODERN ENGLISH WORD-FORMATION Valerie Adams COHESION IN ENGLISH 9 M. A. K. Halliday and Ruquaiya Hasan AN INTRODUCTION TO ENGLISH TRANSFORMATIONAL SYNTAX Rodney ...
... LINGUISTIC GUIDE TO ENGLISH POETRY 4 Geoffrey N. Leech AN INTRODUCTION TO 7 MODERN ENGLISH WORD-FORMATION Valerie Adams COHESION IN ENGLISH 9 M. A. K. Halliday and Ruquaiya Hasan AN INTRODUCTION TO ENGLISH TRANSFORMATIONAL SYNTAX Rodney ...
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... linguistics - historical, traditional, structural, and transformational. And all these aspects of his scholarship he ... linguistic technicalities, convincingly showing the relevance of each to the other, excitingly indicating analogies ...
... linguistics - historical, traditional, structural, and transformational. And all these aspects of his scholarship he ... linguistic technicalities, convincingly showing the relevance of each to the other, excitingly indicating analogies ...
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... linguistics, psychology, and music, while the third demands close attention to the practice of poets, taking account not only of what they have written, but also of what they have chosen not to write. Finally, Part Four focuses on the ...
... linguistics, psychology, and music, while the third demands close attention to the practice of poets, taking account not only of what they have written, but also of what they have chosen not to write. Finally, Part Four focuses on the ...
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... linguistic phenomenon known as isochrony oxstress-timing: the tendency of the stressed syllables of certain languages to fall at perceptually equal time-intervals. The existence of this phenomenon as a perceived characteristic of ...
... linguistic phenomenon known as isochrony oxstress-timing: the tendency of the stressed syllables of certain languages to fall at perceptually equal time-intervals. The existence of this phenomenon as a perceived characteristic of ...
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... , and Funkhouser (1979); and the summaries by Jacob (1918, Ch. 10), Chatman (1965, Ch. 4), Lehiste (1977), and Adams (1979, Part I). Chapter 2 Linguistic approaches In the comprehensive collection of metrical THE TEMPORAL APPROACH 27.
... , and Funkhouser (1979); and the summaries by Jacob (1918, Ch. 10), Chatman (1965, Ch. 4), Lehiste (1977), and Adams (1979, Part I). Chapter 2 Linguistic approaches In the comprehensive collection of metrical THE TEMPORAL APPROACH 27.
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