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... give to the first word in each line . If we emphasise it by means of a strong stress , a heavy rhythm is established , which moves the verse on with a regularity and insistence which , it might be felt , is appropriate to the poet's ...
... give to the first word in each line . If we emphasise it by means of a strong stress , a heavy rhythm is established , which moves the verse on with a regularity and insistence which , it might be felt , is appropriate to the poet's ...
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... give up its freedom to arrange syllables in whatever patterns the sense requires , and to submit to a new set of principles , while the rhythmic forms have to give up the perfect regularity and symmetry they possess in their ideal state ...
... give up its freedom to arrange syllables in whatever patterns the sense requires , and to submit to a new set of principles , while the rhythmic forms have to give up the perfect regularity and symmetry they possess in their ideal state ...
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... give a word a special semantic emphasis by pronouncing it with a different pitch - contour from that used in unemphatic speech ; indeed , this is the natural way to create such an emphasis . In the case of ' they ' above , it is by ...
... give a word a special semantic emphasis by pronouncing it with a different pitch - contour from that used in unemphatic speech ; indeed , this is the natural way to create such an emphasis . In the case of ' they ' above , it is by ...
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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