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<p><b>Sprung rhythm</b> is a <a href="page.php?w=poetic_rhythm">poetic rhythm</a> designed to imitate the rhythm of natural speech. It is constructed from <a href="page.php?w=Foot_%28prosody%29">feet</a> in which the first <a href="page.php?w=syllable">syllable</a> is stressed and may be followed by a variable number of unstressed syllables. The British poet <a href="page.php?w=Gerard_Manley_Hopkins">Gerard Manley Hopkins</a> said he discovered this previously unnamed poetic rhythm in the natural patterns of English in folk songs, spoken <a href="page.php?w=poetry">poetry</a>,</p><p>
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