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 146
... stanza is ottava rima , con- sisting of an iambic pentameter stanza rhyming abababcc . Im- ported from Italy by Wyatt , this stanza was in high vogue during the Renaissance , when it was used by Sidney , Spenser , Daniel , Harington ...
... stanza is ottava rima , con- sisting of an iambic pentameter stanza rhyming abababcc . Im- ported from Italy by Wyatt , this stanza was in high vogue during the Renaissance , when it was used by Sidney , Spenser , Daniel , Harington ...
Page 147
... stanza consists of eight iambic- pentameter lines rhyming ababbcbc and a final alexandrine rhyming c . Spenser perhaps contrived the stanza by adding the final rhyming ... stanza is not used alone for lyric purposes The English Stanzas 147.
... stanza consists of eight iambic- pentameter lines rhyming ababbcbc and a final alexandrine rhyming c . Spenser perhaps contrived the stanza by adding the final rhyming ... stanza is not used alone for lyric purposes The English Stanzas 147.
Page 148
... stanza his own . His boyish , insecure " Imitation of Spenser , " with its cautious end - stopped prosody , doggedly fills up with inert materials the receptacles offered by the stanza . Within seven years the stanza no longer dominates ...
... stanza his own . His boyish , insecure " Imitation of Spenser , " with its cautious end - stopped prosody , doggedly fills up with inert materials the receptacles offered by the stanza . Within seven years the stanza no longer dominates ...
Contents
The Nature of Meter | 3 |
The Technique of Scansion | 17 |
Metrical Variations | 30 |
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