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Derek Attridge. and abbreviated as 04Bo . Optional offbeats at the beginning or end of the line can be indicated by means of parentheses ; thus optional feminine endings can be shown as : O BOBO BOB ( 0 ) or 04B ( 0 ) Note that , unlike ...
Derek Attridge. and abbreviated as 04Bo . Optional offbeats at the beginning or end of the line can be indicated by means of parentheses ; thus optional feminine endings can be shown as : O BOBO BOB ( 0 ) or 04B ( 0 ) Note that , unlike ...
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... optional offbeat , though with an indication that its absence is preferred : ( ( o ) ) B o B ... The conditions under which this optional offbeat can be included may then be stated as a second inversion condition : Initial inversion ...
... optional offbeat , though with an indication that its absence is preferred : ( ( o ) ) B o B ... The conditions under which this optional offbeat can be included may then be stated as a second inversion condition : Initial inversion ...
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... optional offbeat : neutral preference ( o ) : optional offbeat : preference for inclusion ( ( 0 ) ) : optional offbeat : preference for omission [ B ] : unrealised beat ( [ B ] ) : optional unrealised beat Thus four - beat verse with ...
... optional offbeat : neutral preference ( o ) : optional offbeat : preference for inclusion ( ( 0 ) ) : optional offbeat : preference for omission [ B ] : unrealised beat ( [ B ] ) : optional unrealised beat Thus four - beat verse with ...
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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