The Track of the Repetend: Syntactic and Lexical Repetition in Modern Poetry |
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... possible , though a usefully precise definition is difficult to reach . As a starting point , " syntactic repetition " may be defined as the recurrence of any unit of syntax , whether structural or func- tional , since , in my view ...
... possible , though a usefully precise definition is difficult to reach . As a starting point , " syntactic repetition " may be defined as the recurrence of any unit of syntax , whether structural or func- tional , since , in my view ...
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... possible changes in meaning , and its possible modes of reuniting with the stanza . And with both types of symmetry , the " game " aspect of this device keeps him guessing as to how the weaving together of stanza and refrain will not ...
... possible changes in meaning , and its possible modes of reuniting with the stanza . And with both types of symmetry , the " game " aspect of this device keeps him guessing as to how the weaving together of stanza and refrain will not ...
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... possible infinitude of analogies , so there must be tiny points of contact , touches of " this and that " which connect the human creature to " things beyond resemblance , " touches “ intended to be recognized " and which are intuited ...
... possible infinitude of analogies , so there must be tiny points of contact , touches of " this and that " which connect the human creature to " things beyond resemblance , " touches “ intended to be recognized " and which are intuited ...
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