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Derek Attridge. Chapter 5 The five - beat rhythm In the last chapter , we reached some firm ... line of the poulter's measure couplet . Similarly , lines of seven main ... four - beat rhythm : ( 1 ) To ferne halwes , kowthe in sondry.
Derek Attridge. Chapter 5 The five - beat rhythm In the last chapter , we reached some firm ... line of the poulter's measure couplet . Similarly , lines of seven main ... four - beat rhythm : ( 1 ) To ferne halwes , kowthe in sondry.
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Derek Attridge. reason for this difference is equally obvious : a four - beat rhythm , and its manifestation in different line - lengths , is the product of the fundamental doubling principle discussed in the previous chapter , whereas a ...
Derek Attridge. reason for this difference is equally obvious : a four - beat rhythm , and its manifestation in different line - lengths , is the product of the fundamental doubling principle discussed in the previous chapter , whereas a ...
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... four - beat lines can be made to work in ways very similar to the typical five - beat line , as in ( 19 ) above , while pentameters can occur in four - line and other simple stanzaic patterns , as in ( 8 ) , or with a hint of dipodic ...
... four - beat lines can be made to work in ways very similar to the typical five - beat line , as in ( 19 ) above , while pentameters can occur in four - line and other simple stanzaic patterns , as in ( 8 ) , or with a hint of dipodic ...
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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