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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... possible only in verse conceived in a tradition of more or less regular base rhythm . Variations of the kind we shall be considering are the province of a very specific and limited kind of poetry - namely , accentual - syllabic verse ...
... possible only in verse conceived in a tradition of more or less regular base rhythm . Variations of the kind we shall be considering are the province of a very specific and limited kind of poetry - namely , accentual - syllabic verse ...
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... possible approximation of absolute density . For the texture of a poem must be dense : when old - fashioned critics assert that in a poem every vein must be rifted with ore , that is what , in their quaint way , they mean . Density of ...
... possible approximation of absolute density . For the texture of a poem must be dense : when old - fashioned critics assert that in a poem every vein must be rifted with ore , that is what , in their quaint way , they mean . Density of ...
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... possible . One , for example , is the nine- line stanza of Tennyson's " The Lady of Shalott " ( aaaa1b3ccc4b3 ) . Another is the highly flexible stanza of Tennyson's " Charge of the Light Brigade . " The most conspicuous master of the ...
... possible . One , for example , is the nine- line stanza of Tennyson's " The Lady of Shalott " ( aaaa1b3ccc4b3 ) . Another is the highly flexible stanza of Tennyson's " Charge of the Light Brigade . " The most conspicuous master of the ...
Contents
The Nature of Meter | 3 |
The Technique of Scansion | 17 |
Metrical Variations | 30 |
Copyright | |
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