Poetic Meter and Poetic FormHelps aspiring readers enlarge their sensitivity to the rhythmical and formal dimensions of poetry. |
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... John Hollander . Copyright 1962 by John Hollander . By permission of Atheneum Publishers . Gerard Manley Hopkins , " At the Wedding March " and " Pied Beauty " from Poems of Gerard Manley Hopkins edited by W. H. Gardner . Copyright 1948 ...
... John Hollander . Copyright 1962 by John Hollander . By permission of Atheneum Publishers . Gerard Manley Hopkins , " At the Wedding March " and " Pied Beauty " from Poems of Gerard Manley Hopkins edited by W. H. Gardner . Copyright 1948 ...
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... JOHN , " The Music of Poetry , " Journal of Aesthetics and Art Criticism , XV ( 1956 ) , 232-44 . On the history and prevailing complexities of the musical analogy in the scansion of poetry . MALOF , JOSEPH , " The Native Rhythm of ...
... JOHN , " The Music of Poetry , " Journal of Aesthetics and Art Criticism , XV ( 1956 ) , 232-44 . On the history and prevailing complexities of the musical analogy in the scansion of poetry . MALOF , JOSEPH , " The Native Rhythm of ...
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Paul Fussell. Masefield , John , 156 ; Is There a Great Green wealth , 102 Mason , John , 85 , 86 Mayo , E. L. , 106 Common- Milton , John , 106 ; Lycidas , 61 , 137 ; On His Blindness , 124 ; Paradise Lost , 3 , 29 , 31 , 48 , 59-61 ...
Paul Fussell. Masefield , John , 156 ; Is There a Great Green wealth , 102 Mason , John , 85 , 86 Mayo , E. L. , 106 Common- Milton , John , 106 ; Lycidas , 61 , 137 ; On His Blindness , 124 ; Paradise Lost , 3 , 29 , 31 , 48 , 59-61 ...
Contents
The Nature of Meter | 3 |
The Technique of Scansion | 20 |
Metrical Variations | 36 |
Copyright | |
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