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... breath used in their pronunciation , from the long rounded “ 5 ” —made with open teeth and rounded lips — to the short closed “ a ” and “ , ” — made tightly up against the teeth with a little burst of breath . The consonants , too ...
... breath used in their pronunciation , from the long rounded “ 5 ” —made with open teeth and rounded lips — to the short closed “ a ” and “ , ” — made tightly up against the teeth with a little burst of breath . The consonants , too ...
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... breath , and then the Aow continues . Between breaths there is only continuous , varying sound . Only syllables matter in the sound of poetry . It is the mind of the listener that pieces out the separable words . To the mouth and to the ...
... breath , and then the Aow continues . Between breaths there is only continuous , varying sound . Only syllables matter in the sound of poetry . It is the mind of the listener that pieces out the separable words . To the mouth and to the ...
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... breath . ” We could rhyme that line only by rewriting it something like : " Enacted without breath , " but that still does not make very good sense . The last rhyme is easier : “ Until the Judgment Day ” would do quite well , that is ...
... breath . ” We could rhyme that line only by rewriting it something like : " Enacted without breath , " but that still does not make very good sense . The last rhyme is easier : “ Until the Judgment Day ” would do quite well , that is ...
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