The Track of the Repetend: Syntactic and Lexical Repetition in Modern Poetry |
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... elements of structure that obtain all of their meaning from lexical units , mor- phological ( and other grammatical ) elements of stuc- ture also have independent content . They express the relational meanings in poetry . They largely ...
... elements of structure that obtain all of their meaning from lexical units , mor- phological ( and other grammatical ) elements of stuc- ture also have independent content . They express the relational meanings in poetry . They largely ...
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... elements are joined in predication or narration . This axis unites the separate elements of a text in a linear , successive chain ; moreover , its fundamental operative mode , that of enchaining these items in a link of con- tiguity ...
... elements are joined in predication or narration . This axis unites the separate elements of a text in a linear , successive chain ; moreover , its fundamental operative mode , that of enchaining these items in a link of con- tiguity ...
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... elements , because such arrangements provide no way to evade reader expectation - other than the extra- systemic one of varying the paradigm element ; by contrast , the " staggering " of syntactic repetitions over varying portions of ...
... elements , because such arrangements provide no way to evade reader expectation - other than the extra- systemic one of varying the paradigm element ; by contrast , the " staggering " of syntactic repetitions over varying portions of ...
Contents
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