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 ix
... : SOME 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.
... : SOME 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 xv
... scansion come into its own as a mode of analysis, accompanied by another round of experiments in English classical metres. It is important to see this approach to metre in its historical context, and to understand how it came into being ...
... scansion come into its own as a mode of analysis, accompanied by another round of experiments in English classical metres. It is important to see this approach to metre in its historical context, and to understand how it came into being ...
Page xviii
... scansion, but it implies a particular conception of poetic rhythm: a simple underlying metre on which is superimposed a more complex pattern representing with greater fidelity the actual pronunciation of the words. Most modern defenders ...
... scansion, but it implies a particular conception of poetic rhythm: a simple underlying metre on which is superimposed a more complex pattern representing with greater fidelity the actual pronunciation of the words. Most modern defenders ...
Page xix
... scansion but by the natural links and gaps in the language. Thus in the following lines we are aware of the alternating pattern of nonstress and stress, and the fourfold grouping that underlies each line, but we do not perceive any ...
... scansion but by the natural links and gaps in the language. Thus in the following lines we are aware of the alternating pattern of nonstress and stress, and the fourfold grouping that underlies each line, but we do not perceive any ...
Page xx
... scansion who argue that feet are only an analytical convenience are sometimes led into making statements which imply that they have some more substantial existence . One doctrine often to be encountered is that we are not able to make ...
... scansion who argue that feet are only an analytical convenience are sometimes led into making statements which imply that they have some more substantial existence . One doctrine often to be encountered is that we are not able to make ...
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