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... Ceolred let it spin through a hole in the classroom - floorboards , softly , into the rat - droppings and coins . After school he lured Ceolred , who was sniggering with fright , down to the old quarries , and flayed him . Then ...
... Ceolred let it spin through a hole in the classroom - floorboards , softly , into the rat - droppings and coins . After school he lured Ceolred , who was sniggering with fright , down to the old quarries , and flayed him . Then ...
Page 319
... Ceolred was his friend , and remained so , even after the day -S + S + S -S of the lost fighter A rapid run of syllables is brought to a halt by two successive stresses , where stress - timing abruptly slows down the rhythm and ...
... Ceolred was his friend , and remained so , even after the day -S + S + S -S of the lost fighter A rapid run of syllables is brought to a halt by two successive stresses , where stress - timing abruptly slows down the rhythm and ...
Page 320
... Ceolred let it spin through a hole in the classroom - floorboards , B B + S O Bo -S - S - S ŏ B -S + S -S -S -S + S ŏ softly , into the rat - droppings and coins Bo Bo The sentence itself softly trails away into the rhythms of ordinary ...
... Ceolred let it spin through a hole in the classroom - floorboards , B B + S O Bo -S - S - S ŏ B -S + S -S -S -S + S ŏ softly , into the rat - droppings and coins Bo Bo The sentence itself softly trails away into the rhythms of ordinary ...
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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