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... normal English speech does not exhibit regular rhythmic forms , and patterns of rhythm are perceptible in media other than language . Regular verse is a wedding between the two , and like any good marriage , involves compromises on both ...
... normal English speech does not exhibit regular rhythmic forms , and patterns of rhythm are perceptible in media other than language . Regular verse is a wedding between the two , and like any good marriage , involves compromises on both ...
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... normal pairing formations . We can call this variation postponed pairing , and a metrical style which employs it as a regular feature can be indicated by omitting the qualification ' immediately ' in the statement of the pairing ...
... normal pairing formations . We can call this variation postponed pairing , and a metrical style which employs it as a regular feature can be indicated by omitting the qualification ' immediately ' in the statement of the pairing ...
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... normal stress contours of the language . We may wish to minimise this tension between the regularity of the set and the irregularity of the language by giving the syllable in question the least degree of stress consistent with normal ...
... normal stress contours of the language . We may wish to minimise this tension between the regularity of the set and the irregularity of the language by giving the syllable in question the least degree of stress consistent with normal ...
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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