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... instance , in banishing the widely accepted term ' iambic pentameter ' as a convenient label for a particular conventionalised metrical form much employed in the English tradition . The classical approach may also help us to understand ...
... instance , in banishing the widely accepted term ' iambic pentameter ' as a convenient label for a particular conventionalised metrical form much employed in the English tradition . The classical approach may also help us to understand ...
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... instances , the actual readings of a line on particular occasions , and verse instance , the metrical structure which underlies all readings of the line ; and between verse instances and verse design , the metrical scheme that underlies ...
... instances , the actual readings of a line on particular occasions , and verse instance , the metrical structure which underlies all readings of the line ; and between verse instances and verse design , the metrical scheme that underlies ...
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... instance , for words like poetry , victory , or envious to be treated as either trisyllables or disyllables . Kiparsky's method of analysing a line of verse involves matching its phonological structure , as determined by the procedures ...
... instance , for words like poetry , victory , or envious to be treated as either trisyllables or disyllables . Kiparsky's method of analysing a line of verse involves matching its phonological structure , as determined by the procedures ...
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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