We can show this more clearly by representing each bolded syllable above with x and the other syllables with o. And when we do that we find that there are some pauses which have the beat of an o. They are represented by (): o x o o x () o x o o x () o x o o x () o x o o x () o x o o x o o x o o x () o x o o x o o x o o x () Each line has the same pattern except that the first two lines have () in the middle whereas the last two have o. The parentheses (), in fact, seem to be an alternative for o
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