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... syllable count , and recognise instinctively when , say , the twelfth syllable has been reached . We can conclude , then , that the syllables of the language exert a subsidiary rhythmic influence , but that this is most likely to be ...
... syllable count , and recognise instinctively when , say , the twelfth syllable has been reached . We can conclude , then , that the syllables of the language exert a subsidiary rhythmic influence , but that this is most likely to be ...
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... syllable count . It is certainly true that historically the triumphs of this principle reflect foreign influence : the poets who have , at various stages in the history of accentual verse , influentially tightened the restrictions on ...
... syllable count . It is certainly true that historically the triumphs of this principle reflect foreign influence : the poets who have , at various stages in the history of accentual verse , influentially tightened the restrictions on ...
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... syllable as a rhythmic unit in the language since at least early Middle English , and this function requires explanation in terms of its local effects as well as its effects on the syllable count of the whole line . If one thinks of a ...
... syllable as a rhythmic unit in the language since at least early Middle English , and this function requires explanation in terms of its local effects as well as its effects on the syllable count of the whole line . If one thinks of a ...
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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