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... iambic pentameter , which , let it be noted , would generate not only all Chaucer's iambic pentameters , but also all those pentameters which a reader thoroughly familiar with Chaucer would accept as being ' Chaucerian ' . Traditional ...
... iambic pentameter , which , let it be noted , would generate not only all Chaucer's iambic pentameters , but also all those pentameters which a reader thoroughly familiar with Chaucer would accept as being ' Chaucerian ' . Traditional ...
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... pentameter is determined by strict restraints on the number and disposition of syllables , and to think of it as a ... iambic pentameter , and the particular dangers it courts as a metrical form . The most perceptive comments on this ...
... pentameter is determined by strict restraints on the number and disposition of syllables , and to think of it as a ... iambic pentameter , and the particular dangers it courts as a metrical form . The most perceptive comments on this ...
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Derek Attridge. One further type of line which occasionally turns up in iambic pentameter verse is the following : ( 87 ) Teach me how to repent , for that's as good B 0 B 8 B в о в This pattern , which we can call initial inversion with ...
Derek Attridge. One further type of line which occasionally turns up in iambic pentameter verse is the following : ( 87 ) Teach me how to repent , for that's as good B 0 B 8 B в о в This pattern , which we can call initial inversion with ...
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TRADITIONAL APPROACHES | 3 |
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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