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... example of postponed pairing : ( 65 ) How many bards gild the lapses of time ! O Bo B ô B O B ŏ B Donne uses it together with a normal pairing in a line which gives Beaver ( 1976 ) much trouble : ( 66 ) To believe all : change thy name ...
... example of postponed pairing : ( 65 ) How many bards gild the lapses of time ! O Bo B ô B O B ŏ B Donne uses it together with a normal pairing in a line which gives Beaver ( 1976 ) much trouble : ( 66 ) To believe all : change thy name ...
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... example it is unequivocally a nonstress : + S -S -S + S ( 14 ) Onward I looked beneath the gloomy boughs B ŏ B Here the metre demands a nonstress as part of the double offbeat in an initial inversion , the semantic emphasis is on ...
... example it is unequivocally a nonstress : + S -S -S + S ( 14 ) Onward I looked beneath the gloomy boughs B ŏ B Here the metre demands a nonstress as part of the double offbeat in an initial inversion , the semantic emphasis is on ...
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... example in the English tradition is the elided pronunciation of heaven , which is almost always used in verse like Milton's as a stressed monosyllable , even in the context of demotion or implied offbeats : ( 87 ) That shook Heaven's ...
... example in the English tradition is the elided pronunciation of heaven , which is almost always used in verse like Milton's as a stressed monosyllable , even in the context of demotion or implied offbeats : ( 87 ) That shook Heaven's ...
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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