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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Page vi
... examples. The more technical points of the book's argument are summarised in the Appendix. Although (or perhaps because) the words 'rhythm' and 'metre' occur on virtually every page, and as the titles of two parts, I have no wish to ...
... examples. The more technical points of the book's argument are summarised in the Appendix. Although (or perhaps because) the words 'rhythm' and 'metre' occur on virtually every page, and as the titles of two parts, I have no wish to ...
Page ix
... EXAMPLES 10.1 Nonmetrical verse 10.2 Four-beat verse 10.3 Five-beat verse APPENDIX: RULES AND SCANSION Bibliography Sources of examples Index Acknowledgements We are grateful to the following for permission to.
... EXAMPLES 10.1 Nonmetrical verse 10.2 Four-beat verse 10.3 Five-beat verse APPENDIX: RULES AND SCANSION Bibliography Sources of examples Index Acknowledgements We are grateful to the following for permission to.
Page xiv
... example of great poets, and any attempt to scan English verse by the familiar procedures of classical prosody revealed only ... examples by Ascham, Sidney, Spenser, Greene, and Campion. Although some of this 'quantitative' verse achieved ...
... example of great poets, and any attempt to scan English verse by the familiar procedures of classical prosody revealed only ... examples by Ascham, Sidney, Spenser, Greene, and Campion. Although some of this 'quantitative' verse achieved ...
Page xvi
... examples of the four types of metre in differing line - lengths : Iambic pentameter X ( 1 ) Enforced to seek some covert night hand Trochaic trimeter ( 2 ) Higher still and higher Anapaestic tetrameter Dactylic dimeter In order to ...
... examples of the four types of metre in differing line - lengths : Iambic pentameter X ( 1 ) Enforced to seek some covert night hand Trochaic trimeter ( 2 ) Higher still and higher Anapaestic tetrameter Dactylic dimeter In order to ...
Page xxi
... examples of this seven-syllable metre as either iambic or trochaic, influenced apparently by the quite separate consideration of word-boundaries. Saintsbury consistently implies that decisions about scansion reflect (or give rise to ...
... examples of this seven-syllable metre as either iambic or trochaic, influenced apparently by the quite separate consideration of word-boundaries. Saintsbury consistently implies that decisions about scansion reflect (or give rise to ...
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