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... pause or read straight on to the following line . Pentameter verse which consistently encourages us to pause at line - end will , of course , be marked by stronger rhythms , since the five - beat units will be highlighted ; the liberal ...
... pause or read straight on to the following line . Pentameter verse which consistently encourages us to pause at line - end will , of course , be marked by stronger rhythms , since the five - beat units will be highlighted ; the liberal ...
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... pause in the pentameter should occur after the first four syllables ; and Oras ( 1960 ) presents statistics to show that the earlier Elizabethan poets had an overwhelming preference for a pause in this position , and no further pause ...
... pause in the pentameter should occur after the first four syllables ; and Oras ( 1960 ) presents statistics to show that the earlier Elizabethan poets had an overwhelming preference for a pause in this position , and no further pause ...
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... pause after the second beat of the pentameter tends to create a line with a clear rhythmic balance , which we can indicate as 2 : 3 ; a pause after the third beat , 3 : 2 , though less conducive to a strong rhythmic pattern , also ...
... pause after the second beat of the pentameter tends to create a line with a clear rhythmic balance , which we can indicate as 2 : 3 ; a pause after the third beat , 3 : 2 , though less conducive to a strong rhythmic pattern , also ...
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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