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... English verse was far from obvious : George Gascoigne , the father of English metrical studies , is unusual in clearly perceiving the alternating stresses of English metre , but he identifies English stress with both ' grave ' and ...
... English verse was far from obvious : George Gascoigne , the father of English metrical studies , is unusual in clearly perceiving the alternating stresses of English metre , but he identifies English stress with both ' grave ' and ...
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... metre to override the vigorous speech rhythms here , though it is important to note that the metrical rules are not broken , merely stretched to the limit by the linguistic substance . The 200 THE RULES OF ENGLISH METRE.
... metre to override the vigorous speech rhythms here , though it is important to note that the metrical rules are not broken , merely stretched to the limit by the linguistic substance . The 200 THE RULES OF ENGLISH METRE.
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... this relationship is complicated enough in duple verse , and no attempt will be made to grapple with the problems posed by triple verse . 7.10 COMPLEXITY AND TENSION The metrical style of a body 204 THE RULES OF ENGLISH METRE.
... this relationship is complicated enough in duple verse , and no attempt will be made to grapple with the problems posed by triple verse . 7.10 COMPLEXITY AND TENSION The metrical style of a body 204 THE RULES OF ENGLISH METRE.
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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