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Page 155
... rhythms of his own poems prove how powerfully they can work despite their outward silence . One not very subtle example will demonstrate how a poetic rhythm can come off the page and begin pulsing within the reader : How They Brought ...
... rhythms of his own poems prove how powerfully they can work despite their outward silence . One not very subtle example will demonstrate how a poetic rhythm can come off the page and begin pulsing within the reader : How They Brought ...
Page 168
... rhythm is the first line of Hamlet's first act soliloquy : O , that this too , too solid flesh would melt ... How neatly this rhythm fits Hamlet's personality : quick and impulsive at the offset , then immobilized by inner conflict ...
... rhythm is the first line of Hamlet's first act soliloquy : O , that this too , too solid flesh would melt ... How neatly this rhythm fits Hamlet's personality : quick and impulsive at the offset , then immobilized by inner conflict ...
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... rhythmic order . In the following poem Archibald MacLeish contrasts conventional iambic pentameter with strong , irregular accentual rhythm , which in this case might be called accentual pentameter . Two voices are heard : the voice of ...
... rhythmic order . In the following poem Archibald MacLeish contrasts conventional iambic pentameter with strong , irregular accentual rhythm , which in this case might be called accentual pentameter . Two voices are heard : the voice of ...
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