Poetic Meter and Poetic Form"This book might be required reading for all students of poetry because it makes wonderfully clear the relationship of metrics to the formal achievement of meaning ... Fussell's command of his subject and his never-failing common sense will guarantee ... enrichment for anyone who takes the time to read this book."--Frank Lentricchia, Jr., PoetryDonated by Prabu Vasan. |
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Page 71
... century is copious ; it is also systematic , and , under the influence of the empiricism of John Locke , remarkably " psychological . " Through- out the century the practice of the poets substantially follows the urgings of the ...
... century is copious ; it is also systematic , and , under the influence of the empiricism of John Locke , remarkably " psychological . " Through- out the century the practice of the poets substantially follows the urgings of the ...
Page 72
... century poets : the development of " free verse " around the middle of the century was conceived by many - and may be conceived by us- as an expression of nineteenth - century liberalism or of the primitivist strain of romanticism ...
... century poets : the development of " free verse " around the middle of the century was conceived by many - and may be conceived by us- as an expression of nineteenth - century liberalism or of the primitivist strain of romanticism ...
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... century poets , the rest- lessness is clearly one expression of their lust for liberal reform and their commitment to the idea of progress . Twentieth Century : Brooding over the metrical history of our time is the spirit of one of the ...
... century poets , the rest- lessness is clearly one expression of their lust for liberal reform and their commitment to the idea of progress . Twentieth Century : Brooding over the metrical history of our time is the spirit of one of the ...
Contents
The Nature of Meter | 3 |
The Technique of Scansion | 17 |
Metrical Variations | 30 |
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