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 115
... ( octave and sestet ) . The sonnet's structural identity lies in just this imbalance : the first eight lines constitute a weightier quantitative unit than the last six : if the two parts of the sonnet were equal in number of lines , the ...
... ( octave and sestet ) . The sonnet's structural identity lies in just this imbalance : the first eight lines constitute a weightier quantitative unit than the last six : if the two parts of the sonnet were equal in number of lines , the ...
Page 125
... octave ” and a four- .and - a - half - line " sestet , " constructed according to the rhyme scheme abcabc , dbcdc . Hopkins wrote only two of these curtal sonnets , " Pied Beauty " and " Peace , " and in many ways they are very fine ...
... octave ” and a four- .and - a - half - line " sestet , " constructed according to the rhyme scheme abcabc , dbcdc . Hopkins wrote only two of these curtal sonnets , " Pied Beauty " and " Peace , " and in many ways they are very fine ...
Page 126
... octave by rhyme . The sonnet , of course , is only one of the English fixed forms , although it is probably among the best known . The fact that , like the limerick , it has meaning as a form alone is demonstrated by such a historical ...
... octave by rhyme . The sonnet , of course , is only one of the English fixed forms , although it is probably among the best known . The fact that , like the limerick , it has meaning as a form alone is demonstrated by such a historical ...
Contents
The Nature of Meter | 3 |
The Technique of Scansion | 17 |
Metrical Variations | 30 |
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