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Page 71
... preference poets have shown for duple metres can be understood as a preference for a rhythm that heightens a phenomenon already fundamental to the language but only imperfectly realised in normal speech , and thus not only makes ...
... preference poets have shown for duple metres can be understood as a preference for a rhythm that heightens a phenomenon already fundamental to the language but only imperfectly realised in normal speech , and thus not only makes ...
Page 73
... preference for an alternation between stressed and unstressed syllables : the number of nonstresses between stresses could vary freely without affecting rhythmic regularity . We have already noted , how- ever , that the syllable is ...
... preference for an alternation between stressed and unstressed syllables : the number of nonstresses between stresses could vary freely without affecting rhythmic regularity . We have already noted , how- ever , that the syllable is ...
Page 143
... preference for mid - line pauses among poets favouring rhythmic regularity can therefore be sharpened : a pause after the fourth syllable is likely to create a special kind of balance , with two heavier beats before it and three ...
... preference for mid - line pauses among poets favouring rhythmic regularity can therefore be sharpened : a pause after the fourth syllable is likely to create a special kind of balance , with two heavier beats before it and three ...
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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