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5-basic line accent appeal autometre basic metre basic syllables battle Battle of Brunanburh Battle of Naseby beauty bells Ben Jonson birds blow breath bright Brignall Browning's Came:lot couplet death deep doth dream echo example eyes falling rhythm flame flowers glory harmony hath hear heard heart heaven John Anderson kisses Lady of Sha:lott lap-lap leaves light line from Tennyson's living look love thee major 2-basic major metre meaning metrical minor metre modulation Mother Goose natural speech rhythm never night norm notated o'er Paradise Lost pause Peele Castle phonetic Pibroch poem poet Prometheus Unbound prose quatrain rhyme ride rising rhythm river Samson Agonistes serial Shakespeare Shelley's silent sing sleep smile song soul sound speak spirit spoken stanza sub-basic syllables sweet syncopation tempo tension terza rima thine things thro tone and pitch verse voice vowel wave rhythm wild winds word rhythm