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... Bô b o Bo b o b ô B [ o bo Bo ] And the twice - breathed airs blow damp ; b B o b 0 O B ô b ÔB B [ 0 ] And I'd sell my tired soul for the bucking beam - sea roll b B 0 bo B ô b [ o bo Bo ] Of a black Bil - ba - o tramp b o B ô b ộ Bôt ô B ...
... Bô b o Bo b o b ô B [ o bo Bo ] And the twice - breathed airs blow damp ; b B o b 0 O B ô b ÔB B [ 0 ] And I'd sell my tired soul for the bucking beam - sea roll b B 0 bo B ô b [ o bo Bo ] Of a black Bil - ba - o tramp b o B ô b ộ Bôt ô B ...
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... Bô B Bo B O B ŏ o Bo Bo B Bo B The semantic influence on metre is even more important when the metricality of the line depends , as it does in none of the above examples , on the use of emphatic stress . In the following line , a ...
... Bô B Bo B O B ŏ o Bo Bo B Bo B The semantic influence on metre is even more important when the metricality of the line depends , as it does in none of the above examples , on the use of emphatic stress . In the following line , a ...
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... Bo B O B ŏ BÔ B It is not , however , a strongly marked pairing , since the rhythm is blurred in the direction of the alternative reading : twilight of such day Bo B B The two lines that follow retain the smooth movement , though ...
... Bo B O B ŏ BÔ B It is not , however , a strongly marked pairing , since the rhythm is blurred in the direction of the alternative reading : twilight of such day Bo B B The two lines that follow retain the smooth movement , though ...
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TRADITIONAL APPROACHES | 3 |
LINGUISTIC APPROACHES | 44 |
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acceptable alliteration allow already alternation approach beat beginning chapter classical common complex conventions course create demands demotion deviation discussion distinction double offbeat duple effect emphasis English example expectations experience expressive fact falling final five-beat four-beat function further give given hand iambic implied offbeat important indicate initial instance inversion kind language less linguistic means metre metrical pattern metrical set movement natural nonstresses normal noted observed occur opening optional pairing particular pause pentameter perceived perhaps phrase poem poetry poets position possible preference principle produces promotion pronunciation provides reader reading realisation reflect regular result rhyme rhythm rhythmic rules scansion semantic sense sequence simple single sounds speech stanza stress strong structure style subordination suggest syntactic tension theory third tradition triple trochaic underlying units unstressed syllables usually variation verse