Literature and CriticismChatto and Windus, 1953 - 190 pages |
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... tion and thought behind the words . Good rhythm , which means really the most effectual movement , comes from an interplay of this real emphasis with the rate of movement , the tempo , of the word - sequence . It is obvious that if our ...
... tion and thought behind the words . Good rhythm , which means really the most effectual movement , comes from an interplay of this real emphasis with the rate of movement , the tempo , of the word - sequence . It is obvious that if our ...
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... tion of which the rhyming words are used to great advantage . Nearly all are slow , soft , languorous : a detailed analysis would shew a remarkable and effective predominance of long vowel sounds and of the con- sonants m , n , 1 , and ...
... tion of which the rhyming words are used to great advantage . Nearly all are slow , soft , languorous : a detailed analysis would shew a remarkable and effective predominance of long vowel sounds and of the con- sonants m , n , 1 , and ...
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... tion paid to it ; in most cases it would be more effective to say ' he was very pale ' . A stale and ready - made image is almost invariably evidence of an absence of original first - hand experience in the user , as far as any signifi ...
... tion paid to it ; in most cases it would be more effective to say ' he was very pale ' . A stale and ready - made image is almost invariably evidence of an absence of original first - hand experience in the user , as far as any signifi ...
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