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Q&A When it comes to creating cadence, should I depend on my ear or are there principles I can follow?

I read an essay by John Mason about the principles of the harmony of prose numbers (or feet). I am wondering whether it is of any use, considering other books I have read say that treating prose rh...

2 answers  ·  posted 7y ago by g.arbia777‭  ·  last activity 5y ago by System‭

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#3: Attribution notice added by user avatar System‭ · 2019-12-08T06:38:48Z (almost 5 years ago)
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#2: Initial revision by user avatar g.arbia777‭ · 2019-12-08T06:38:48Z (almost 5 years ago)
I read an essay by John Mason about the principles of the harmony of prose numbers (or feet). I am wondering whether it is of any use, considering other books I have read say that treating prose rhythm in terms of metrical feet has been a failure.

If one wants to write in a certain voice, requiring them to select and arrange feet in a certain sequence and couch their words in them, are there principles they can depend on or must they depend solely on their ear? If it is the ear they must depend on, is it merely a judge of rhythm or also a guide?

#1: Imported from external source by user avatar System‭ · 2017-06-15T20:46:10Z (over 7 years ago)
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