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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... couplet . The difference is that the Spen- serian form overlaps the rhymes at the junctions of the quatrains , thus : b FIRST QUATRAIN a INTERNAL COUPLET { b INTERNAL COUPLET { d SECOND QUATRAIN THIRD QUATRAIN : } COUPLET The effect of ...
... couplet . The difference is that the Spen- serian form overlaps the rhymes at the junctions of the quatrains , thus : b FIRST QUATRAIN a INTERNAL COUPLET { b INTERNAL COUPLET { d SECOND QUATRAIN THIRD QUATRAIN : } COUPLET The effect of ...
Page 131
... couplet is to draw a boundary line , to set something off as special and perhaps a trifle fragile . The couplet which concludes the Shakespearean sonnet often suggests this action , as do the epigrammatic couplets set into the middle of ...
... couplet is to draw a boundary line , to set something off as special and perhaps a trifle fragile . The couplet which concludes the Shakespearean sonnet often suggests this action , as do the epigrammatic couplets set into the middle of ...
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... couplet overlaps the initial quatrain , and partly because the effect of the final separated couplet is pre- pared for gradually by the central couplet . The stanza's progres- sion from quatrain to couplet organization is thus subtle ...
... couplet overlaps the initial quatrain , and partly because the effect of the final separated couplet is pre- pared for gradually by the central couplet . The stanza's progres- sion from quatrain to couplet organization is thus subtle ...
Contents
The Nature of Meter | 3 |
The Technique of Scansion | 17 |
Metrical Variations | 30 |
Copyright | |
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