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... function of rhythmic organisation as an aspect of poetic language ? Since the most obvious distinction between prose and verse is a rhythmic one , it is a question that confronts the function of poetry itself as a form of language and ...
... function of rhythmic organisation as an aspect of poetic language ? Since the most obvious distinction between prose and verse is a rhythmic one , it is a question that confronts the function of poetry itself as a form of language and ...
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... function , closing the first section of the poem and providing a pivot on which the time sequence turns ; this function of rhythm is the subject of section 4 below . ) This is not a particularly subtle instance of rhythmic imitation ...
... function , closing the first section of the poem and providing a pivot on which the time sequence turns ; this function of rhythm is the subject of section 4 below . ) This is not a particularly subtle instance of rhythmic imitation ...
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... function by furnishing the text with elements that cannot be incorporated into the kind of interpretation we habitually give to linguistic utterances . In our literary theory and criticism we all too easily ignore this dimension and ...
... function by furnishing the text with elements that cannot be incorporated into the kind of interpretation we habitually give to linguistic utterances . In our literary theory and criticism we all too easily ignore this dimension and ...
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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