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Derek Attridge. character of the transition from one line to the next is clearly different in the two forms , and this demands careful examination . In the 4 × 4 structure , the end of each four - beat group is perceptually very distinct ...
Derek Attridge. character of the transition from one line to the next is clearly different in the two forms , and this demands careful examination . In the 4 × 4 structure , the end of each four - beat group is perceptually very distinct ...
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... following : [ 133b ] Spewing puns , or politics , or lies Bo B O вов 0 B This line fails to observe the iambic inversion condition to which Pope strictly adheres ; it drops the initial offbeat without a following double offbeat . Such a ...
... following : [ 133b ] Spewing puns , or politics , or lies Bo B O вов 0 B This line fails to observe the iambic inversion condition to which Pope strictly adheres ; it drops the initial offbeat without a following double offbeat . Such a ...
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... line different from that implied by the neutral stress contour ; in the following example ' undo ' requires an initial emphatic stress to contrast it with ' do ' , and the result is a line with pairing instead of a nondeviant ...
... line different from that implied by the neutral stress contour ; in the following example ' undo ' requires an initial emphatic stress to contrast it with ' do ' , and the result is a line with pairing instead of a nondeviant ...
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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