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... emphasis on ' me ' , which is a demoted syllable , and the following example from ' Verses on the Death of Dr Swift ' is even clearer : ( 27 ) For how can stony bowels melt In those who never pity felt ; + S + S When we are lashed ...
... emphasis on ' me ' , which is a demoted syllable , and the following example from ' Verses on the Death of Dr Swift ' is even clearer : ( 27 ) For how can stony bowels melt In those who never pity felt ; + S + S When we are lashed ...
Page 258
... emphasis on ' boat ' rather than the adjective that precedes it . The danger of misreading is greater in ( 129 ) , where at first one may be tempted to make ' soars ' subordinate to ' high ' , and to treat ' in the element ' as a quite ...
... emphasis on ' boat ' rather than the adjective that precedes it . The danger of misreading is greater in ( 129 ) , where at first one may be tempted to make ' soars ' subordinate to ' high ' , and to treat ' in the element ' as a quite ...
Page 303
... EMPHASIS AND CONNECTION Rhythm participates in the greater semantic density of poetic language not only by establishing its own connections between the poem and the physical and mental ... EMPHASIS AND CONNECTION 303 Emphasis and connection.
... EMPHASIS AND CONNECTION Rhythm participates in the greater semantic density of poetic language not only by establishing its own connections between the poem and the physical and mental ... EMPHASIS AND CONNECTION 303 Emphasis and connection.
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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