Poetic Meter and Poetic FormHelps aspiring readers enlarge their sensitivity to the rhythmical and formal dimensions of poetry. |
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... scheme : a a b a . A handy way to no- tate both the rhyme scheme and the length of the line in feet is : a aba.5 The stanza from the Rubaiyat presents a very un- complicated metrical situation . Some complexity be- gins to enter when we ...
... scheme : a a b a . A handy way to no- tate both the rhyme scheme and the length of the line in feet is : a aba.5 The stanza from the Rubaiyat presents a very un- complicated metrical situation . Some complexity be- gins to enter when we ...
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... scheme of over- stressing practiced by Gerard Manley Hopkins . His system of " sprung rhythm " is perhaps best understood by assuming that the poet working in sprung rhythm is composing almost as if the spondee were a base rather than a ...
... scheme of over- stressing practiced by Gerard Manley Hopkins . His system of " sprung rhythm " is perhaps best understood by assuming that the poet working in sprung rhythm is composing almost as if the spondee were a base rather than a ...
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... scheme and the mode of logical organization implied by it determine the type . The most common type is the Petrarchan or Italian sonnet , which rhymes like this : b FIRST QUATRAIN b a OCTAVE a b b SECOND QUATRAIN TURN a 13 d C SESTET ...
... scheme and the mode of logical organization implied by it determine the type . The most common type is the Petrarchan or Italian sonnet , which rhymes like this : b FIRST QUATRAIN b a OCTAVE a b b SECOND QUATRAIN TURN a 13 d C SESTET ...
Contents
The Nature of Meter | 3 |
The Technique of Scansion | 20 |
Metrical Variations | 36 |
Copyright | |
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