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... rhythm of language speaks louder , the elementary rhythmic form more softly . This is not to say that four - beat verse in the literary tradition encourages the reader to use unnatural pronunciations to bring out the rhythm , but that the ...
... rhythm of language speaks louder , the elementary rhythmic form more softly . This is not to say that four - beat verse in the literary tradition encourages the reader to use unnatural pronunciations to bring out the rhythm , but that the ...
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... 4 , these do not have the same cohesion as the 4 × 4 structure , and the true underlying rhythm of five - beat verse is always the single five - beat unit . The metrical patterns which realise four - beat verse can , as we have seen ...
... 4 , these do not have the same cohesion as the 4 × 4 structure , and the true underlying rhythm of five - beat verse is always the single five - beat unit . The metrical patterns which realise four - beat verse can , as we have seen ...
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Derek Attridge. 5.5 FIVE - BEAT AND FOUR - BEAT RHYTHMS In discussing these features of the pentameter I have , of course , been emphasising the differences between four - beat and five - beat rhythms . We shall examine in the rest of ...
Derek Attridge. 5.5 FIVE - BEAT AND FOUR - BEAT RHYTHMS In discussing these features of the pentameter I have , of course , been emphasising the differences between four - beat and five - beat rhythms . We shall examine in the rest of ...
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TRADITIONAL APPROACHES | 3 |
LINGUISTIC APPROACHES | 44 |
34 | 50 |
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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