The Track of the Repetend: Syntactic and Lexical Repetition in Modern Poetry |
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... sequence but in the same way any sequence of semantic units strives to build an equation . [ Note the reduction of syntax to paradigm . ] Similarity superimposed on contiguity [ the paradigmatic on the syntagmatic axis ] imparts to ...
... sequence but in the same way any sequence of semantic units strives to build an equation . [ Note the reduction of syntax to paradigm . ] Similarity superimposed on contiguity [ the paradigmatic on the syntagmatic axis ] imparts to ...
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... sequence makes reiterable not only the constituent sequences of the poetic message but the whole message as well . This capacity for rei- teration whether immediate or delayed , this reifica- tion of a poetic message into an enduring ...
... sequence makes reiterable not only the constituent sequences of the poetic message but the whole message as well . This capacity for rei- teration whether immediate or delayed , this reifica- tion of a poetic message into an enduring ...
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... sequence such as " pagans , " " gluttons , " " heretics , ' and " murders , " ( a taxonomic arrangement of the kind Wimsatt has deplored ) , the sequence might be less reversible , but it would still be predictable . By using an ...
... sequence such as " pagans , " " gluttons , " " heretics , ' and " murders , " ( a taxonomic arrangement of the kind Wimsatt has deplored ) , the sequence might be less reversible , but it would still be predictable . By using an ...
Contents
Repetition Times Trace | 1 |
History and Structure | 45 |
Refrain Types Exemplified | 63 |
Copyright | |
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anadiplosis analogous anaphoric Antonio appositional Auden Augustine axis becomes cataphoric chiastic clause closure complex construction context contrast creates discourse disjunctive refrain Dylan Thomas elements emphasis enjambed epanalepsis equivalence example fact final formal Four Quartets function grammatical groupings heightening identical implies initial refrains involves Jakobson kind language lexical repetition line-end lyric meaning ment metaphor metrical mind mode modified morphemic noun pair paradigmatic paradox parallelism paranaphora participial passage pattern perception phonic poem poem's poet poetic poetry polyptoton position possible predication prepositional phrases prose prosodic Prospero question reader refrain line relation repeated repetends rhetorical rhyme rhythmic seems semantic sense sentence sequence shift simile simple refrain song speech stanza stanzaic Stevens's strophe structure suggests syllables symmetry syntactic repetition syntax T. S. Eliot temporal tercet things tion traductio verb W. B. Yeats W. H. Auden Wallace Stevens Whitman Whitmanesque Wimsatt wind words Yeats Yeats's