3. Brodsky’s anti-RD rhythm: semantics and sources

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1. Frontmatter I
2. Acknowledgements VII
3. A note on copyright and transliteration IX
4. Table of contents XI
5. Introduction 1
6. 1. Brodsky’s predecessors: Rules, violations, semantics 10
7. 2. Redundant syllables: Elision in Brodsky’s verse 53
8. 3. Brodsky’s anti-RD rhythm: semantics and sources 85
9. Conclusion 122
10. Appendices
11. Appendix I. Changes from Brodsky’s drafts to final versions 126
12. Appendix II. 100 randomly-selected words with the shape -Xxx- in the prose of Brodsky, Slutsky, and Donne 128
13. Appendix III. Words with the shape -Xxx- in elision positions in the verse of Donne, Brodsky, and Slutsky 140
14. Appendix IV. Statistical tests of words with the shape -Xxx- in poetry and prose 145
15. Appendix V. Anti-RD rhythm in Brodsky’s iambic poems 150
16. Appendix VI. Anti-RD rhythm in Tsvetaeva’s iambic poems 171
17. Appendix VII. Anti-RD rhythm in Brodsky, Tsvetaeva, and Donne 176
18. References 183
19. Author index 206
20. Subject index 209