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... rhythm ' of a song or a dance , on the other hand , or ' rhythm ' as a psychological phenomenon , both of which we are concerned with in this chapter , carry much stronger connotations of regular patterning . The two notions are close ...
... rhythm ' of a song or a dance , on the other hand , or ' rhythm ' as a psychological phenomenon , both of which we are concerned with in this chapter , carry much stronger connotations of regular patterning . The two notions are close ...
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... rhythmic pattern , which can tolerate certain words only by suppressing their natural stress contours . Moreover , duple verse matches the two rhythmic principles of English , the stress - timed rhythm and the syllabic rhythm , by ...
... rhythmic pattern , which can tolerate certain words only by suppressing their natural stress contours . Moreover , duple verse matches the two rhythmic principles of English , the stress - timed rhythm and the syllabic rhythm , by ...
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... rhythm the characteristics we have noted : a steady , march - like movement , with beats and offbeats tending towards equal duration , though the beats , unprepared for ... rhythmic perception as well as a specific 112 THE FOUR - BEAT RHYTHM.
... rhythm the characteristics we have noted : a steady , march - like movement , with beats and offbeats tending towards equal duration , though the beats , unprepared for ... rhythmic perception as well as a specific 112 THE FOUR - BEAT RHYTHM.
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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