Preface to PoetryHarcourt, Brace, 1946 - 737 pages |
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Page 97
... syllables . For we emphasize key words and syllables by uttering them with greater force , with longer time , and with higher pitch than that used for the adjacent unstressed syllables . These word sounds , because they are higher ...
... syllables . For we emphasize key words and syllables by uttering them with greater force , with longer time , and with higher pitch than that used for the adjacent unstressed syllables . These word sounds , because they are higher ...
Page 381
... syllables precede the accented syllables in the metrical feet - deDUMM deDUMM deDUMM , or dedeDUMM dedeDUMM dedeDUMM . But in music the beat is on the first of the measure - ONEtwo ONEtwo ONEtwo , or ONEtwothree ONEtwothree ONEtwothree ...
... syllables precede the accented syllables in the metrical feet - deDUMM deDUMM deDUMM , or dedeDUMM dedeDUMM dedeDUMM . But in music the beat is on the first of the measure - ONEtwo ONEtwo ONEtwo , or ONEtwothree ONEtwothree ONEtwothree ...
Page 707
... syllables in a word . See stress . AIR , the tune or melody of a song . ALEXANDRINE , a twelve - syllable or iambic hexameter line , as in the Spenserian stanza ; the heroic me- ter of French poetry . ALLITERATION , sometimes called ini ...
... syllables in a word . See stress . AIR , the tune or melody of a song . ALEXANDRINE , a twelve - syllable or iambic hexameter line , as in the Spenserian stanza ; the heroic me- ter of French poetry . ALLITERATION , sometimes called ini ...
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ANATOMY OF THE POEMEXPERIENCE | 65 |
65 | 91 |
Visual and Other FreeImagery | 137 |
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