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... final offbeat here , the change is very noticeable : [ 48a ] Golden haired and golden hearted I would ever have you standing , As you were when last we parted Smiling slow upon the landing . The rhythm becomes wooden , and the strong ...
... final offbeat here , the change is very noticeable : [ 48a ] Golden haired and golden hearted I would ever have you standing , As you were when last we parted Smiling slow upon the landing . The rhythm becomes wooden , and the strong ...
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... final inversion ' , ...- s + s + s - s , tends to isolate the final beat of the line , a stress - final pairing , ...- s - s + s + s , produces a more satisfying 3 : 2 division . Statistics confirm these preferences : Tarlinskaja's ...
... final inversion ' , ...- s + s + s - s , tends to isolate the final beat of the line , a stress - final pairing , ...- s - s + s + s , produces a more satisfying 3 : 2 division . Statistics confirm these preferences : Tarlinskaja's ...
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... final pairing , it may seem that the latter is at a disadvantage in preferring to do without a syntactic break , and hence a possible pause , at the point at which the implied offbeat occurs . However , it is worth recalling our earlier ...
... final pairing , it may seem that the latter is at a disadvantage in preferring to do without a syntactic break , and hence a possible pause , at the point at which the implied offbeat occurs . However , it is worth recalling our earlier ...
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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