conjunctions, link verbs) that are normally unstressed. 1. Unstressed syllables may result in a pyrrhic foot (containing 2 unstressed syllables). Pyrrhics are very typical and natural modifications in English poetry. They are common substitutes of an iambic or a trochaic foot. 2. Another kind of modification involves a spondee (a foot of 2 stressed syllables). The poet uses spondees deliberately for the purpose of strong emphasis or solemnity. Spondees slow down the pace of the rhythm and make it jerky. 3. The third modification of metre is rhythmic inversion. It consists in inverting the order of stressed and unstressed syllables in a line in the iambic or trochaic pattern. The function is to accentuate the semantic importance of the word or phrase and to add variety to the predominant measure. 4. The fourth modification involves the number of syllables in the line
words (articles, pronouns, prepositions, conjunctions, link verbs) that are normally unstressed. 1. Unstressed syllables may result in a pyrrhic foot (containing 2 unstressed syllables). Pyrrhics are very typical and natural modifications in English poetry. They are common substitutes of an iambic or a trochaic foot. 2. Another kind of modification involves a spondee (a foot of 2 stressed syllables). The poet uses spondees deliberately for the purpose of strong emphasis or solemnity. Spondees slow down the pace of the rhythm and make it jerky. 3. The third modification of metre is rhythmic inversion. It consists in inverting the order of stressed and unstressed syllables in a line in the iambic or trochaic pattern. The function of rhyming inversion is to accentuate the semantic importance of the word or
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