Thomas explains Frost's theory as "absolute fidelity to the postures which the voice assumes in the most expressive intimate speech".
The general disposition of the figurative pieces is in the postures, which range from sitting, reclining, standing, looking and touching toes.
But he also had to maintain the posture, which was costly window dressing, of a significant British defence presence east of Suez.
The central function, the religion, of the US establishment media is adulation of those who wield power, especially military power as personified by the inaptly referred to "commander-in-chief". Brinkley conducted the interview in the Oval Office from his knees because - with some significant exceptions - that's the posture which US media culture assumes in the presence of the royal court.
Electorally, the Tories in a One-Nation set up would be able to claim many votes from traditional working class strongholds who have become tired of the ideological posturing which has come to be a defining feature of the Corbyn-led era.
It is depressing to think of the bogus sophistication and phoney, counter-revolutionary posturing which over the past decade made it acceptable to take this film lightly.
You could dismiss the controversy as partisan posturing, which some conservatives did.
Not that any of this is of course the stuff of populist posturing, which makes for headlines and fills column inches.
Item 19 from the PANSS assesses Mannerisms and Posturing, which is defined as "Unnatural movements or posture characterized as awkward, stilted, disorganized, or bizarre".
Cockiness without real confidence comes across as pathetic posturing, which is the opposite of what you want.
