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... produces an opening of -s + s + s −s −s + s . . . , and within this , the sequence + s -s - s + s tends to form a separate unit , thereby creating a hiatus after the first beat , and an unbalanced 1 : 4 line . Stress - final pairing ...
... produces an opening of -s + s + s −s −s + s . . . , and within this , the sequence + s -s - s + s tends to form a separate unit , thereby creating a hiatus after the first beat , and an unbalanced 1 : 4 line . Stress - final pairing ...
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... produces a slight degree of tension , and this tension contributes to the unease that hovers about even the apparently ordinary descriptions in the opening of the poem . ( See Ch . 4 , example ( 22 ) , for another use of this form ...
... produces a slight degree of tension , and this tension contributes to the unease that hovers about even the apparently ordinary descriptions in the opening of the poem . ( See Ch . 4 , example ( 22 ) , for another use of this form ...
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... produces a two - beat line , with only the faint rhyme on the last syllable suggesting a third point of prominence . ) The use of stresses to realise almost all the beats , and of a varying number of nonstresses between them , produces ...
... produces a two - beat line , with only the faint rhyme on the last syllable suggesting a third point of prominence . ) The use of stresses to realise almost all the beats , and of a varying number of nonstresses between them , produces ...
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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