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 13
... speak metrically , to present them speaking met- rically is to transform them from creatures of nature into crea- tures of art . And when it is the poet's voice that we hear speak- ing metrically , the meter announces or implies his ...
... speak metrically , to present them speaking met- rically is to transform them from creatures of nature into crea- tures of art . And when it is the poet's voice that we hear speak- ing metrically , the meter announces or implies his ...
Page 175
... speak not in poems but " naturally " or colloquially , we do not usually take care to organize what we are uttering logically : we speak not in paragraphs but in bursts . We do not conduct a discourse : we make remarks . And as Ger ...
... speak not in poems but " naturally " or colloquially , we do not usually take care to organize what we are uttering logically : we speak not in paragraphs but in bursts . We do not conduct a discourse : we make remarks . And as Ger ...
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... speak of the " tyranny " of the iambic foot might speak just as well of the tyranny of friction which enables us to run , or the tyranny of gravity which permits dancing and high- jumping to differ beautifully from walking . But perhaps ...
... speak of the " tyranny " of the iambic foot might speak just as well of the tyranny of friction which enables us to run , or the tyranny of gravity which permits dancing and high- jumping to differ beautifully from walking . But perhaps ...
Contents
The Nature of Meter | 3 |
The Technique of Scansion | 17 |
Metrical Variations | 30 |
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