The Track of the Repetend: Syntactic and Lexical Repetition in Modern Poetry |
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... groupings that look like refrains : 1. The " A " lines ( " In the room , " etc. ) 2. Straddling the " A " refrain members is the " B " group . This includes the pair of refrain lines ini- tiating strophes 4 and 6 ( “ and indeed there ...
... groupings that look like refrains : 1. The " A " lines ( " In the room , " etc. ) 2. Straddling the " A " refrain members is the " B " group . This includes the pair of refrain lines ini- tiating strophes 4 and 6 ( “ and indeed there ...
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... groupings , it is only the first , the " A " set , that is immediately recognizable as a refrain . The fact that these lines are set off in their own couplet distinctly marks them as such . They intrude upon the other strophes because ...
... groupings , it is only the first , the " A " set , that is immediately recognizable as a refrain . The fact that these lines are set off in their own couplet distinctly marks them as such . They intrude upon the other strophes because ...
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... groupings . And the absence of any syntactic bridges between groupings has the same effect , augmenting the staccato rhythms of the poem . The four groupings present us with a serialized succession of discrete yet interrelated similes ...
... groupings . And the absence of any syntactic bridges between groupings has the same effect , augmenting the staccato rhythms of the poem . The four groupings present us with a serialized succession of discrete yet interrelated similes ...
Contents
Repetition Times Trace | 1 |
History and Structure | 45 |
Refrain Types Exemplified | 63 |
Copyright | |
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