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Page 44
... dominant in the octet , / ey / in the sestet , and this parallels the contrast between the octet's description of ... dominant nuclei / aw / and / uw / and the two dominant consonants / t / and / n / . Note that the strength of the back ...
... dominant in the octet , / ey / in the sestet , and this parallels the contrast between the octet's description of ... dominant nuclei / aw / and / uw / and the two dominant consonants / t / and / n / . Note that the strength of the back ...
Page 47
... dominance in the whole sonnet is / t s r 1 / . Omitting / a / as confined mostly to the octet , these dominant sounds are found in the stressed syllable of " unrest " ( line 13 ) and the succeeding words " still , still " ( line 14 ) ...
... dominance in the whole sonnet is / t s r 1 / . Omitting / a / as confined mostly to the octet , these dominant sounds are found in the stressed syllable of " unrest " ( line 13 ) and the succeeding words " still , still " ( line 14 ) ...
Page 48
... dominant consonants of the sonnet are / s 1 / . These and / ow / occur together in the sonnet's final word " soul ... dominant consonants of the poem are those in the word " sonnet , " / t s n / . We see also that the six dominant ...
... dominant consonants of the sonnet are / s 1 / . These and / ow / occur together in the sonnet's final word " soul ... dominant consonants of the poem are those in the word " sonnet , " / t s n / . We see also that the six dominant ...
Contents
Vowel and Consonant Patterns in Poetry 1953 David I Masson | 3 |
Some Parallels and Contrasts | 19 |
Some English Sonnets 1960 | 33 |
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