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... trochee by a dactyl . Thus in the following example the iambic tetrameters are varied by means of an occasional anapaestic substitution ( I show only the substituted feet on the upper level ) : | XX X X / X X Ought | ( 6 ) The ...
... trochee by a dactyl . Thus in the following example the iambic tetrameters are varied by means of an occasional anapaestic substitution ( I show only the substituted feet on the upper level ) : | XX X X / X X Ought | ( 6 ) The ...
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... trochee , iamb , or anapaest . But all at once , we now find this liberty of choice refused . We may write a pentameter verse in iambs only . - A most notable phenomenon , significant of much more than I can at present understand , how ...
... trochee , iamb , or anapaest . But all at once , we now find this liberty of choice refused . We may write a pentameter verse in iambs only . - A most notable phenomenon , significant of much more than I can at present understand , how ...
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... trochee and a spondee in the last two feet , but if one responds to the rhythm as a continuity one feels that the strong pull of the language against the second half of the metrical pattern takes one to the limits of regular metrical ...
... trochee and a spondee in the last two feet , but if one responds to the rhythm as a continuity one feels that the strong pull of the language against the second half of the metrical pattern takes one to the limits of regular metrical ...
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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