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... verse of course produces no implied offbeat , and there is therefore no reason to avoid it . ) Even ... accentual - syllabic verse , observes a strict control over syllables , and ... SYLLABIC RHYTHM 175 Pairing conditions and syllabic rhythm.
... verse of course produces no implied offbeat , and there is therefore no reason to avoid it . ) Even ... accentual - syllabic verse , observes a strict control over syllables , and ... SYLLABIC RHYTHM 175 Pairing conditions and syllabic rhythm.
Page 180
... accentual - syllabic verse ; it seems to come naturally to Chaucer , the founder of the strict pentameter in English : ( 54 ) Or if men smoot it with a yerde smerte ŏ Bô B ( 55 ) The Millere was a stout carl for the nones Bô B ŏ and to ...
... accentual - syllabic verse ; it seems to come naturally to Chaucer , the founder of the strict pentameter in English : ( 54 ) Or if men smoot it with a yerde smerte ŏ Bô B ( 55 ) The Millere was a stout carl for the nones Bô B ŏ and to ...
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... syllabic four - beat verse with masculine endings , observing both pairing ... verse which exerts control over the syllable count by means of the pairing conditions ... accentual - syllabic verse by writers like Shakespeare and Browning ...
... syllabic four - beat verse with masculine endings , observing both pairing ... verse which exerts control over the syllable count by means of the pairing conditions ... accentual - syllabic verse by writers like Shakespeare and Browning ...
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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