The Rhythms of English PoetryExamines the way in which poetry in English makes use of rhythm. The author argues that there are three major influences which determine the verse-forms used in any language: the natural rhythm of the spoken language itself; the properties of rhythmic form; and the metrical conventions which have grown up within the literary tradition. He investigates these in order to explain the forms of English verse, and to show how rhythm and metre work as an essential part of the reader's experience of poetry. |
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... English Prose, displayed a throb of continuity over a millennium and more ... English 'accentual-syllabic' verse. His exposition of this theme demands an ... speech at another. Indeed, for all its artfulness and (sometimes strenuous) ...
... English Prose, displayed a throb of continuity over a millennium and more ... English 'accentual-syllabic' verse. His exposition of this theme demands an ... speech at another. Indeed, for all its artfulness and (sometimes strenuous) ...
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... ENGLISH SPEECH 3.1 The syllable 3.2 Stress 3.3 Stress hierarchies 3.4 Alternation and stress-timing 4. THE FOUR-BEAT RHYTHM 4.1 The perception of rhythm 4.2 Underlying rhythm 4.3 Metrical patterns and unrealised beats 4.4 Offbeats ...
... ENGLISH SPEECH 3.1 The syllable 3.2 Stress 3.3 Stress hierarchies 3.4 Alternation and stress-timing 4. THE FOUR-BEAT RHYTHM 4.1 The perception of rhythm 4.2 Underlying rhythm 4.3 Metrical patterns and unrealised beats 4.4 Offbeats ...
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... English metre, classical prosody has provided some commonly accepted terms ... English tradition. The classical approach may also help us to understand certain ... speech itself. Of the terms used to refer to this distinction, and the ...
... English metre, classical prosody has provided some commonly accepted terms ... English tradition. The classical approach may also help us to understand certain ... speech itself. Of the terms used to refer to this distinction, and the ...
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... English in his Essay towards Establishing the Melody and Measure of Speech (1775), better known by the title of the second edition of 1779, Prosodia Rationalis. Steele's main interest was in the art of dramatic declamation, but his ...
... English in his Essay towards Establishing the Melody and Measure of Speech (1775), better known by the title of the second edition of 1779, Prosodia Rationalis. Steele's main interest was in the art of dramatic declamation, but his ...
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... English verse using this approach frequently introduce the idea that measurable intervals of silence function as an ... English speech. Many of the musical prosodists, from Steele on, argue that their analyses of syllabic duration are ...
... English verse using this approach frequently introduce the idea that measurable intervals of silence function as an ... English speech. Many of the musical prosodists, from Steele on, argue that their analyses of syllabic duration are ...
Contents
THE RHYTHMS OF ENGLISH SPEECH | 8 |
THE FOURBEAT RHYTHM | 25 |
THE FIVEBEAT RHYTHM | |
WHAT IS A METRICAL RULE? | |
THE FUNCTIONS OF POETIC RHYTHM | |
SOME EXAMPLES | |
RULES AND SCANSION | |
Bibliography | |
Sources of examples | |
Index | |
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accentual-syllabic verse alternation anapaestic chapter common metre complex create David Abercrombie demotion deviation dipodic rhythm discussion distinction double offbeat duple metre duple verse duration emphasis English metre English speech English verse example falling rhythm five-beat line five-beat rhythm four-beat line four-beat rhythm four-beat verse function iambic pentameter implied offbeat initial inversion initial offbeat language line-end linguistic metrical form metrical pattern metrical rules metrical set metrical structure metrical style metrical theory movement nonstresses nursery rhymes occur offbeat condition organisation pause perceived perception phonetic phonological phrase poem poetic poetry poets pronunciation prosody reader reading realised rhythmic form rhythmic structure rhythmic unit rising rhythm scansion semantic sense sequence single offbeat sounds speech rhythms stanza stress contour stress pattern stress-final pairing stress-timing stressed and unstressed strong syllable count syntactic break syntax tendency tension triple metre triple rhythm triple verse trochaic trochee underlying rhythm unrealised beat unstressed syllables variation words