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Sprung rhythm — is a poetic rhythm designed to imitate the rhythm of natural speech. It is constructed from feet in which the first syllable is stressed and may be followed by a variable number of unstressed syllables. The British poet Gerard Manley Hopkins… … Wikipedia
sprung rhythm — sprung′ rhythm n. pro a poetic rhythm using strongly accented syllables, often juxtaposed, accompanied by an indefinite number of unaccented syllables • Etymology: term introduced by Gerard Manley Hopkins (1877) … From formal English to slang
sprung rhythm — n. [term coined by HOPKINS Gerard Manley] a kind of rhythm in English poetry, based on the normal rhythms of speech and made up of a mixture of feet, each foot consisting of either a single stressed syllable or a stressed syllable followed by one … English World dictionary
sprung rhythm — a poetic rhythm characterized by the use of strongly accented syllables, often in juxtaposition, accompanied by an indefinite number of unaccented syllables in each foot, of which the accented syllable is the essential component. [term introduced … Universalium
sprung rhythm — noun a poetic rhythm that imitates the rhythm of speech • Hypernyms: ↑poetic rhythm, ↑rhythmic pattern, ↑prosody * * * noun : a poetic rhythm designed to approximate the natural rhythm of speech and characterized by the frequent juxtaposition of… … Useful english dictionary
sprung rhythm — /sprʌŋ ˈrɪðəm/ (say sprung ridhuhm) noun a system of prosody with the accent always on the first syllable of every foot followed by a varying number of unaccented syllables, all feet being given equal time length …
sprung rhythm — noun a poetic metre approximating to speech, each foot having one stressed syllable followed by a varying number of unstressed ones. Origin C19: coined by the English poet G. M. Hopkins … English new terms dictionary
rhythm — rhythmless, adj. /ridh euhm/, n. 1. movement or procedure with uniform or patterned recurrence of a beat, accent, or the like. 2. Music. a. the pattern of regular or irregular pulses caused in music by the occurrence of strong and weak melodic… … Universalium
rhythm — Synonyms and related words: Alexandrine, accent, accentuation, alternation, amphibrach, amphimacer, anacrusis, anapest, antispast, arrhythmia, arsis, bacchius, balance, beat, beating, beauty, cadence, cadency, caesura, catalexis, chloriamb,… … Moby Thesaurus
running rhythm — Pros. the usual English verse rhythm created by a succession of metrical feet each of which consists of a stressed syllable and one or two unstressed ones. Also called common rhythm. Cf. sprung rhythm. [1880 85] * * * … Universalium
