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Words into Rhythm: English Speech Rhythm in Verse and Prose

Donald G. Marshall, D. W. Harding

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Preface 1. The nature of rhythm 2. Speech and the rhythm of verse 3. Metrical set and rhythmical variation 4. Effects of deviation from metre 5. Rhythms of irregular verse 6. Unsatisfactory rhythms 7. Expressive effects of rhythm in verse 8. Modes of energy release in rhythm 9. Rhythms in prose 10. Expressive effects of prose rhythm 11. The gist References Index.

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Key concepts: Rhythm, Linguistics, Psychology, History, Art, Philosophy, Aesthetics