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... tradition to the one already discussed , a tradition which can boast an equally long history and equally exorbitant demands on library shelf - space . ' As in our discussion of the classical approach , it will be possible to extract and ...
... tradition to the one already discussed , a tradition which can boast an equally long history and equally exorbitant demands on library shelf - space . ' As in our discussion of the classical approach , it will be possible to extract and ...
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... tradition has wandered into , it has been true at least to that fundamental insight . Notes 1. See Attridge ( 1974 ) for an account of the Elizabethan understanding of Latin metre , and its consequences in English literary practice . 2 ...
... tradition has wandered into , it has been true at least to that fundamental insight . Notes 1. See Attridge ( 1974 ) for an account of the Elizabethan understanding of Latin metre , and its consequences in English literary practice . 2 ...
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... tradition , we shall find certain constraints placed upon the operation of the realisation rules , which are formalised as conditions . A correct formulation of the general set and its subsets in these terms will not only show how ...
... tradition , we shall find certain constraints placed upon the operation of the realisation rules , which are formalised as conditions . A correct formulation of the general set and its subsets in these terms will not only show how ...
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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