A practical guide to English pronunciation covering individual sounds including L/R, N/NG, and F/V/H distinctions, vowels and consonants, minimal pairs, connected speech, stress, and rhythm, with particular attention to the needs of Japanese learners.
An exploration of how rigidly Shakespeare adheres to iambic pentameter, examining his use of metrical variation, substitution, and the relationship between rhythm and dramatic meaning.
A combined reading and analysis of the Witches’ Chant from Shakespeare’s Macbeth, focusing on its trochaic tetrameter and the way metre and rhythm create an atmosphere of supernatural evil.