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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Paul Fussell. ( called first , second , third , or fourth epitrite according to the position of the short syllable ) ionic a majore ionic a minore paeon ( called first , second , third , or fourth paeon according to the position of the ...
Paul Fussell. ( called first , second , third , or fourth epitrite according to the position of the short syllable ) ionic a majore ionic a minore paeon ( called first , second , third , or fourth paeon according to the position of the ...
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... third and most sophisticated metrical kind , the entire function of meter is very different from what it is in poems of the second sort . Emerson's remark helps suggest the all- important difference : " It is not meters , but a meter ...
... third and most sophisticated metrical kind , the entire function of meter is very different from what it is in poems of the second sort . Emerson's remark helps suggest the all- important difference : " It is not meters , but a meter ...
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... third position ; line 2 a pyrrhic in the third ; line 3 a spondaic ( or perhaps trochaic ) substitution in the first position ; and line 4 a pyrrhic in the third . Here the sub- stitutions serve both to relieve the metrical monotony of ...
... third position ; line 2 a pyrrhic in the third ; line 3 a spondaic ( or perhaps trochaic ) substitution in the first position ; and line 4 a pyrrhic in the third . Here the sub- stitutions serve both to relieve the metrical monotony of ...
Contents
The Nature of Meter | 3 |
The Technique of Scansion | 17 |
Metrical Variations | 30 |
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