The Track of the Repetend: Syntactic and Lexical Repetition in Modern Poetry |
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... COMPLEX REFRAIN A refrain can also serve as a tonal or thematic substructure which works against the tone or idea developed in the rest of the stanza , creating a certain counterpoint . With a few modern ex- ceptions , this type of ...
... COMPLEX REFRAIN A refrain can also serve as a tonal or thematic substructure which works against the tone or idea developed in the rest of the stanza , creating a certain counterpoint . With a few modern ex- ceptions , this type of ...
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... complex " type , a type which was developed around the end of the Renaissance - precisely the time when the complex refrain becomes more frequent . Ing explains that 17th century poets , " finding lyric a suitable vehicle for emotional ...
... complex " type , a type which was developed around the end of the Renaissance - precisely the time when the complex refrain becomes more frequent . Ing explains that 17th century poets , " finding lyric a suitable vehicle for emotional ...
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... COMPLEX REFRAIN Complex refrain adds to the thematic tension of the poem . Whereas the repetition of simple refrain heightens the awareness of its thematic fitness , here the repetition thwarts the anticipation of such fitness and ...
... COMPLEX REFRAIN Complex refrain adds to the thematic tension of the poem . Whereas the repetition of simple refrain heightens the awareness of its thematic fitness , here the repetition thwarts the anticipation of such fitness and ...
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Repetition Times Trace | 1 |
History and Structure | 45 |
Refrain Types Exemplified | 63 |
Copyright | |
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Common terms and phrases
analogous anaphoric appears appositional becomes beginning called clause close comes complex construction context contrast creates critical death definition effect elements Eliot equivalence example fact figures final force formal four frame function given gives groupings hand human idea identical implies initial involves kind language later less lexical lyric meaning medial metaphor mind mode modified nature noun opening pair parallelism passage pattern phonic phrase play poem poem's poet poetic poetry position possible predication present Press question reader reading reference refrain refrain line relation repeated repetends repetition rhetorical seems seen semantic sense sentence shift similar simile song sound speech stanza statement Stevens Stevens's strophe structure suggests symmetry syntactic syntactic repetition syntax takes terminal things thought tion turn units University verse Whitman whole wind