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STRUCTURE OF THE BOOK The book addresses the following topics:
STRUCTURAL CLOSURE Herrnstein Smith observes that regularity — such as the regular repetition of lines of Iambic Tetrameter — builds the expectation of continuance, and the desire for closure. Examples of how a sense of closure may be achieved include:
Wyatt's practice of varying the final repetition of a refrain — as in the poem 'Forget not yet' — is cited as an example of the first kind. Other examples of closure brought about by structural means include: where the last stanza repeats (or closely echoes) the first stanza, thereby 'framing' the entire poem (such as in Wyatt's ' My Lute Awake! '); where enjambent is used in Blank Verse , and only at the close does a line end correspond to a full stop (the example given is from the conclusion of Book XI of '' Paradise Lost ''). THEMATIC CLOSURE NOTES |
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