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 110
... expect moments of celebration or reminiscence to shape themselves into strophes , while we expect social commentary or depictions of social or ethical action to seek stichic form . The essential element of coherence in a strophe , or ...
... expect moments of celebration or reminiscence to shape themselves into strophes , while we expect social commentary or depictions of social or ethical action to seek stichic form . The essential element of coherence in a strophe , or ...
Page 155
... expect to find formal competence , let alone formal excellence , everywhere we turn . We will not even expect to find it in all the poems of a highly regarded poet : certain of Shakespeare's sonnets are as bad as certain of Wordsworth's ...
... expect to find formal competence , let alone formal excellence , everywhere we turn . We will not even expect to find it in all the poems of a highly regarded poet : certain of Shakespeare's sonnets are as bad as certain of Wordsworth's ...
Page 179
... expect , into a " toy , " which we do not expect , but which proves to be perfect . " Toy " prevents the idea of the toy top ever to vanish entirely from our imagery , while at the same time it im- plies the appropriate ideas of ...
... expect , into a " toy , " which we do not expect , but which proves to be perfect . " Toy " prevents the idea of the toy top ever to vanish entirely from our imagery , while at the same time it im- plies the appropriate ideas of ...
Contents
The Nature of Meter | 3 |
The Technique of Scansion | 17 |
Metrical Variations | 30 |
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