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Zerox Posted 18 years ago
A question about stress-distibution
0 Where would you put the stress on this line. 02 br
00 GAS! GAS! Quick, boys! - An ecstasy of fumbling 02 br
00 I'm a bit perplexed by the use of punctuation and, thus, I'm not sure at all how to handle this line. 02 br
00 I'm quite positive that the first two words, at least, have a clear stress on them. 02 br
00 'GAS! 'GAS! 'Quick, 'boys! - An 'ecstasy of 'fumbling ---- This would be my guess. 0-
00 GAS! GAS! Quick, boys! - An ecstasy of fumbling 02 br
00 I'm a bit perplexed by the use of punctuation and, thus, I'm not sure at all how to handle this line. 02 br
00 I'm quite positive that the first two words, at least, have a clear stress on them. 02 br
00 'GAS! 'GAS! 'Quick, 'boys! - An 'ecstasy of 'fumbling ---- This would be my guess. 0-
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00 'An ecstasy of fumbling' reads more like a stage direction to me. 0-
00 'An ecstasy of fumbling' reads more like a stage direction to me. 0-
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0 ooh we had to do 1st world war poetry at school. 02 br
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00 GAS! Gas! Quick, boys!-- An ecstasy of fumbling, 02 br
00 Fitting the clumsy helmets just in time; 02 br
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00 The stress here would be on 01 u 00 'Gas Gas Quick 02 u 00 boys' as it is someone shouting a warning. The rest is the soldiers reactions to this warning. ...an
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00 GAS! Gas! Quick, boys!-- An ecstasy of fumbling, 02 br
00 Fitting the clumsy helmets just in time; 02 br
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00 The stress here would be on 01 u 00 'Gas Gas Quick 02 u 00 boys' as it is someone shouting a warning. The rest is the soldiers reactions to this warning. ...an
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