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 147
... perhaps I have them still , But what I say is neither here nor there : I knew his father well , and have some skill In character - but it would not be fair From sire to son to augur good or ill : He and his wife were an ill - sorted ...
... perhaps I have them still , But what I say is neither here nor there : I knew his father well , and have some skill In character - but it would not be fair From sire to son to augur good or ill : He and his wife were an ill - sorted ...
Page 171
... Perhaps the greatest limitation of shaped poems like these is the scarcity of visual objects which they can imitate : their shapes can reflect the silhouettes of wings , bottles , hourglasses , and altars , but where do we go from there ...
... Perhaps the greatest limitation of shaped poems like these is the scarcity of visual objects which they can imitate : their shapes can reflect the silhouettes of wings , bottles , hourglasses , and altars , but where do we go from there ...
Page 176
... perhaps merely by our education within a particular culture , perhaps because we grow familiar with a particular convention or because a particular artist teaches us to recognize them in his own colors , tones , or themes . Until we are ...
... perhaps merely by our education within a particular culture , perhaps because we grow familiar with a particular convention or because a particular artist teaches us to recognize them in his own colors , tones , or themes . Until we are ...
Contents
The Nature of Meter | 3 |
The Technique of Scansion | 17 |
Metrical Variations | 30 |
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