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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... substitution as the readiest way to describe metrical variations . Once a metrical pattern has been implied in a poem , we can say that variations in the rhythm occur through the introduction of substitute feet which here and there ...
... substitution as the readiest way to describe metrical variations . Once a metrical pattern has been implied in a poem , we can say that variations in the rhythm occur through the introduction of substitute feet which here and there ...
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... substitution . In duple measures the substitution of a trisyllabic foot for a dissyl- labic one is a bolder practice than any we have seen so far , for it increases the syllabic length of the line and thus effaces one of the norms of ...
... substitution . In duple measures the substitution of a trisyllabic foot for a dissyl- labic one is a bolder practice than any we have seen so far , for it increases the syllabic length of the line and thus effaces one of the norms of ...
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... substitutions as trisyllabic feet , for by the nineteenth century trisyllabic substitution had be- come a metrical convention . But no matter how we scan , no one can fail to delight in the following , where Browning exploits the ...
... substitutions as trisyllabic feet , for by the nineteenth century trisyllabic substitution had be- come a metrical convention . But no matter how we scan , no one can fail to delight in the following , where Browning exploits the ...
Contents
The Nature of Meter | 3 |
The Technique of Scansion | 17 |
Metrical Variations | 30 |
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