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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... short ones , or a short line after we've got accustomed to long ones . The latter is what , sixty - nine years old and paralyzed , Whitman does in his little autobiographical poem " The Dismantled Ship . " Here the first four lines ...
... short ones , or a short line after we've got accustomed to long ones . The latter is what , sixty - nine years old and paralyzed , Whitman does in his little autobiographical poem " The Dismantled Ship . " Here the first four lines ...
Page 168
... short lines here : once the shortness of the experience contained in the short lines has been emphasized by line 2 , we associate the experiences implied by lines 4 and 6 likewise with brevity . All these short , light lines are ...
... short lines here : once the shortness of the experience contained in the short lines has been emphasized by line 2 , we associate the experiences implied by lines 4 and 6 likewise with brevity . All these short , light lines are ...
Page 169
... short time to stay , as you ; We have as short a spring , As quick a growth to meet decay , As you , or anything . We die As your hours do , and dry Away Like to the summer's rain ; Or as the pearls of morning's dew , Ne'er to be found ...
... short time to stay , as you ; We have as short a spring , As quick a growth to meet decay , As you , or anything . We die As your hours do , and dry Away Like to the summer's rain ; Or as the pearls of morning's dew , Ne'er to be found ...
Contents
The Nature of Meter | 3 |
The Technique of Scansion | 17 |
Metrical Variations | 30 |
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