Essays on Style and Language: Linguistic and Critical Approaches to Literary StyleRoger Fowler |
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... iambs are filled by grammatical units whose natural stress - patterns correspond closely with those of the metre : rising , two - syllable . A number of English constructions fit the iambic pattern : for example , prepositional phrases ...
... iambs are filled by grammatical units whose natural stress - patterns correspond closely with those of the metre : rising , two - syllable . A number of English constructions fit the iambic pattern : for example , prepositional phrases ...
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... iamb he saw . If we have her tóy after a juncture following saw , we misinterpret the grammar , 11 so we make a ' pause ' after her — within an iamb . The perceived pause will be , phonetically , not a moment of silence , but a product ...
... iamb he saw . If we have her tóy after a juncture following saw , we misinterpret the grammar , 11 so we make a ' pause ' after her — within an iamb . The perceived pause will be , phonetically , not a moment of silence , but a product ...
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... iambs which open and end the lines are treated in a variety of ways . Line ( 22 ) , closing this section of the argument , breaks the pattern , offering a milder form of syncopation . The grammar resists the insertion of a metrical ...
... iambs which open and end the lines are treated in a variety of ways . Line ( 22 ) , closing this section of the argument , breaks the pattern , offering a milder form of syncopation . The grammar resists the insertion of a metrical ...
Contents
THE NEW CRITICISM AND THE LAN | 29 |
BY ALGEBRA TO AUGUSTANISM | 53 |
TAKING A POEM TO PIECES | 68 |
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