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... semantic weight on particular points of complaint . There are also instances where the semantic demands impose a metrical interpretation on the line different from that implied by the neutral stress contour ; in the following example ...
... semantic weight on particular points of complaint . There are also instances where the semantic demands impose a metrical interpretation on the line different from that implied by the neutral stress contour ; in the following example ...
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... semantic density of poetic language not only by establishing its own connections between the poem and the physical and mental world , but also by functioning within the poem as a formal network that acts directly upon the semantic level ...
... semantic density of poetic language not only by establishing its own connections between the poem and the physical and mental world , but also by functioning within the poem as a formal network that acts directly upon the semantic level ...
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... semantic dimension , both as an emblem of harmony and as a network of internal connections , which has already been ... semantic richness . A related purpose served by metrical ordering is the creation of a unified and discrete ...
... semantic dimension , both as an emblem of harmony and as a network of internal connections , which has already been ... semantic richness . A related purpose served by metrical ordering is the creation of a unified and discrete ...
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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