Article

Name: “The Dolnik and Beyond”: Unstressed Ictuses and Extra-Schematic Stresses in Russian Accentual Verse

Authors: Igor A. Pilshchikov

University of California Los Angeles, USA;

Tallinn University, Tallinn, Estonia

Abstract:

Many features usually ascribed to Russian accentual verse as opposed to dolnik are, in fact, equally typical of both meters. These features include but are not restricted to the factors of verse rhythm – skipping schematic stresses, adding extra-schematic stresses, and varying the syllabic length of inter-ictic intervals. Therefore, the widely accepted definition of Russian accentual verse as a pure tonic meter based exclusively on verbal rhythm contradicts the cultural-historical facts. The article offers a new metrical and rhythmical interpretation of Russian accentual verse.

Keywords: verse theory, meter, rhythm, dolnik, accentual verse, skipping metrical stresses, extrametrical (extra-schematic) stresses

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