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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... music at one moment and basic relationships with ordinary speech at another. Indeed, for all its artfulness and ... Rhythms of English Poetry deserves a proudly central place in this series. As English has increasingly come into ...
... music at one moment and basic relationships with ordinary speech at another. Indeed, for all its artfulness and ... Rhythms of English Poetry deserves a proudly central place in this series. As English has increasingly come into ...
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... Rhythm 3. THE RHYTHMS OF 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 ...
... Rhythm 3. THE RHYTHMS OF 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 ...
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... rhythms of the spoken language, whether we think of this as another relatively simplified pattern, or as the fine gradations of speech itself. Of the terms used to refer to this distinction, and the expressive possibilities it offers ...
... rhythms of the spoken language, whether we think of this as another relatively simplified pattern, or as the fine gradations of speech itself. Of the terms used to refer to this distinction, and the expressive possibilities it offers ...
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... rhythms of spoken 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 ...
... rhythms of spoken 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 ...
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... rhythms of music, but the rhythms of English speech. Many of the musical prosodists, from Steele on, argue that their analyses of syllabic duration are relevant to prose as well as to verse , and that poetic rhythm.
... rhythms of music, but the rhythms of English speech. Many of the musical prosodists, from Steele on, argue that their analyses of syllabic duration are relevant to prose as well as to verse , and that poetic rhythm.
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