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The International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA) and authors such as Peter Ladefoged equate phonemically contrastive murmur with breathy voice in which the vocal folds are held with lower tension (and farther apart) than in modal voice, with a concomitant increase in airflow and slower vibration of the glottis. In that model, murmur is a point in a ...
The world forgets to weep, Sea murmurs her soft slumber-song On the shadowy sand Of this elfin land; "I, the Mother mild, Hush thee, O my child, Forget the voices wild! Isles in elfin light Dream, the rocks and caves, Lulled by whispering waves, Veil their marbles bright, Foam glimmers faintly white Upon the shelly sand Of this elfin land;
"Exit Music (For a Film)" OK Computer: Radiohead: Romeo & Juliet: William Shakespeare [95] "Fable" Volcano: Gatsbys American Dream: Lord of the Flies: William Golding [96] "Flower of the Mountain" Director's Cut: Kate Bush: Ulysses: James Joyce: The 1989 Kate Bush song The Sensual World was based on the closing paragraphs of Ulysses. However ...
"Music, When Soft Voices Die" is a major poem by Percy Bysshe Shelley, written in 1821 and first published in Posthumous Poems of Percy Bysshe Shelley in 1824 in London by John and Henry L. Hunt with a preface by Mary Shelley. [1] The poem is one of the most anthologised, influential, and well-known of Shelley's works. [2] [3]
Babble and prattle, and ripple and murmur, Sheen of silver and glamour of gold – Sheen of silver and glamour of gold - [And the sunset bath'd in the gulf to lend her A garland of pinks and of purples tender, A tinge of the sun-god's rosy splendour, A tithe of his glories manifold.] [Man's works are graven, cunning, and skilful
Guttural speech sounds are those with a primary place of articulation near the back of the oral cavity, where it is difficult to distinguish a sound's place of articulation and its phonation. In popular usage it is an imprecise term for sounds produced relatively far back in the vocal tract, such as the German ch or the Arabic ayin , but not ...
Murmur, the 1983 debut R.E.M. album; Murmur, a 2009 EP by The Sight Below; Murmur (record label), an imprint of Sony Music Australia; Murmur, a 2007 album by Yoko Shimomura "Murmur", a song by John Frusciante from the 2001 album From the Sounds Inside; Murmurs, a 2006 album by Caroline Lufkin album; The Murmurs, an American band
Poetic devices that have a sonic quality achieve specific effects when heard. Words with a sound-like quality can strike readers as soothing or dissonant while evoking certain thoughts and feelings associated with them. Alliteration–Repeated consonant sounds at the beginning of words placed near each other, usually on the same or adjacent ...