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... duple verse matches the two rhythmic principles of English , the stress - timed rhythm and the syllabic rhythm , by providing one syllable for a rhythmic peak and one for ... verse in triple metre was OFFBEATS ; DUPLE AND TRIPLE RHYTHMS 101.
... duple verse matches the two rhythmic principles of English , the stress - timed rhythm and the syllabic rhythm , by providing one syllable for a rhythmic peak and one for ... verse in triple metre was OFFBEATS ; DUPLE AND TRIPLE RHYTHMS 101.
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... verse , but a given metrical form is likely to make use of it in a more limited way . In the very strictest duple verse , the optional second nonstress would be omitted entirely , and the rule would simply state that one unstressed ...
... verse , but a given metrical form is likely to make use of it in a more limited way . In the very strictest duple verse , the optional second nonstress would be omitted entirely , and the rule would simply state that one unstressed ...
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... duple verse conditions . The distinction is not absolute , however , and the rules reflect this by making it possible to derive lines in either duple or triple metre , or from anywhere on the spectrum between them , from exactly the ...
... duple verse conditions . The distinction is not absolute , however , and the rules reflect this by making it possible to derive lines in either duple or triple metre , or from anywhere on the spectrum between them , from exactly the ...
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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