English Prosody from Chaucer to Wyatt

accept actual allow appears appoggiatura articulation assume assumption attention audible believe century Chaucer conclusion consonants correct course critics dialect difficulties discussion distinction effect evidence example fact feet fifteenth-century final followers foot four give hear heard heavy Hoccleve iambic pentameter language least length letter linguistic look Lydgate manuscripts marked means medieval meter metrical metrical syllable Middle English Modern English occurred pattern pause perhaps phonetic Poems poets possible practice principle produce pronounced pronunciation prosody question reader reading recognize relative released remarks represent rest rhetorical rhythms rime Saintsbury scan scansion scholars scribe seems short single sound Southworth speakers speech spelling standard stanzas stress suppose sure syllables thing trochaic Tyrwhitt understand University verse versification voicing vowel weak whan words write written wrote Wyatt