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... kind , they need not be identical , nor need they fall at equal intervals , in order to establish a regular rhythm in the mind of the perceiver . But what constitutes the ' right kind ' of stimulus ? The most powerfully rhythm ...
... kind , they need not be identical , nor need they fall at equal intervals , in order to establish a regular rhythm in the mind of the perceiver . But what constitutes the ' right kind ' of stimulus ? The most powerfully rhythm ...
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... kind proposed in the previous chapter constitute no more than a framework within which to locate and analyse rhythmic effects . They are intended to represent the way in which stretches of the English language are perceived as rhythmic ...
... kind proposed in the previous chapter constitute no more than a framework within which to locate and analyse rhythmic effects . They are intended to represent the way in which stretches of the English language are perceived as rhythmic ...
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... kind although two syllables of that line cannot be pronounced simultaneously . The second is pronounced only after the first has passed , and such is the order of procedure to the end of the line , so that when the last syllable sounds ...
... kind although two syllables of that line cannot be pronounced simultaneously . The second is pronounced only after the first has passed , and such is the order of procedure to the end of the line , so that when the last syllable sounds ...
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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