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and still more when it becomes merely synthetic,
i.e., strictly speaking, disappears, and yet the
lines retain the same number of words or terms,
obviously the rhythmical relation between the
lines is no longer, even if it was originally, merely
secondary : thus rhythm is no longer a mere
result of parallelism, but an independent desire
for rhythm is at least a contributory cause, if
with
a. b. c
a'. b'. cā
such schemes as
a. b. c
a'2. c'
or
a. b. c
a'. d. e
or
a. b. c
d. e. f
constantly alternate, but schemes such as
a. b. c
a'2. b'. c'
or
a. b. c
b'. c'. d
rarely or never ; or, again, if with schemes such as
a. b. c. d. e
a'. b'. c'. d'. e'