Strange Music: The Metre of the English Heroic Line

abstract accent actual alternation assigned beat boundary break called complexity consists constraint construct context contrastive course defined described distinction distinguish dominated elidible English example fact fall feet foot four give given grammar harsh heroic verse independent indicated intonational kind language Latin less linguistic major mapped means metre metrical natural Note object occur pattern pentameter perceived performance permit phonological phrase poem poets Pope positions possible practice principle problem produce prosodic base reader reading reason relation represented reversal rhythm rules S W S S-slot scan scansion seems sentence sequence simple sound speakers speech stress stressed syllable structure styles subordinated SW SW swap syllable syntactic template tend theory traditional transformations unmetrical unstressed utterance versification vowel W S W W SW weak WS WS WS