Meter In Poetry

Author : Nigel Fabb,Morris Halle
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 298 pages
File Size : 55,7 Mb
Release : 2008-08-21
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9781139474672

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Meter in Poetry by Nigel Fabb,Morris Halle Pdf

Many of the great works of world literature are composed in metrical verse, that is, in lines which are measured and patterned. Meter in Poetry: A New Theory is the first book to present a single simple account of all known types of metrical verse, which is illustrated with detailed analyses of poems in many languages, including English, Spanish, Italian, French, classical Greek and Latin, Sanskrit, classical Arabic, Chinese, Vietnamese, and Latvian. This outstanding contribution to the study of meter is aimed both at students and scholars of literature and languages, as well as anyone interested in knowing how metrical verse is made.

Author : Thomas Carper,Derek Attridge
Publisher : Psychology Press
Page : 184 pages
File Size : 53,7 Mb
Release : 2003
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 0415311748

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Meter and Meaning by Thomas Carper,Derek Attridge Pdf

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Author : Paul Fussell (Jr.)
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 49,5 Mb
Release : 1965
Category : English language
ISBN : LCCN:72000601

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Poetic Meter and Poetic Form by Paul Fussell (Jr.) Pdf

Author : The Poetry Center,John Timpane
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
Page : 336 pages
File Size : 46,6 Mb
Release : 2011-03-16
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 1118053648

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Poetry For Dummies by The Poetry Center,John Timpane Pdf

Sometimes it seems like there are as many definitions of poetry as there are poems. Coleridge defined poetry as “the best words in the best order.” St. Augustine called it “the Devil’s wine.” For Shelley, poetry was “the record of the best and happiest moments of the happiest and best minds.” But no matter how you define it, poetry has exercised a hold upon the hearts and minds of people for more than five millennia. That’s because for the attentive reader, poetry has the power to send chills shooting down the spine and lightning bolts flashing in the brain — to throw open the doors of perception and hone our sensibilities to a scalpel’s edge. Poetry For Dummies is a great guide to reading and writing poems, not only for beginners, but for anyone interested in verse. From Homer to Basho, Chaucer to Rumi, Shelley to Ginsberg, it introduces you to poetry’s greatest practitioners. It arms you with the tools you need to understand and appreciate poetry in all its forms, and to explore your own talent as a poet. Discover how to: Understand poetic language and forms Interpret poems Get a handle on poetry through the ages Find poetry readings near you Write your own poems Shop your work around to publishers Don’t know the difference between an iamb and a trochee? Worry not, this friendly guide demystifies the jargon, and it covers a lot more ground besides, including: Understanding subject, tone, narrative; and poetic language Mastering the three steps to interpretation Facing the challenges of older poetry Exploring 5,000 years of verse, from Mesopotamia to the global village Writing open-form poetry Working with traditional forms of verse Writing exercises for aspiring poets Getting published From Sappho to Clark Coolidge, and just about everyone in between, Poetry For Dummies puts you in touch with the greats of modern and ancient poetry. Need guidance on composing a ghazal, a tanka, a sestina, or a psalm? This is the book for you.

Author : Meredith Martin
Publisher : Princeton University Press
Page : 288 pages
File Size : 47,9 Mb
Release : 2012-05-06
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9781400842193

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The Rise and Fall of Meter by Meredith Martin Pdf

Why do we often teach English poetic meter by the Greek terms iamb and trochee? How is our understanding of English meter influenced by the history of England's sense of itself in the nineteenth century? Not an old-fashioned approach to poetry, but a dynamic, contested, and inherently nontraditional field, "English meter" concerned issues of personal and national identity, class, education, patriotism, militarism, and the development of English literature as a discipline. The Rise and Fall of Meter tells the unknown story of English meter from the late eighteenth century until just after World War I. Uncovering a vast and unexplored archive in the history of poetics, Meredith Martin shows that the history of prosody is tied to the ways Victorian England argued about its national identity. Gerard Manley Hopkins, Coventry Patmore, and Robert Bridges used meter to negotiate their relationship to England and the English language; George Saintsbury, Matthew Arnold, and Henry Newbolt worried about the rise of one metrical model among multiple competitors. The pressure to conform to a stable model, however, produced reactionary misunderstandings of English meter and the culture it stood for. This unstable relationship to poetic form influenced the prose and poems of Robert Graves, Siegfried Sassoon, Wilfred Owen, W. B. Yeats, Ezra Pound, and Alice Meynell. A significant intervention in literary history, this book argues that our contemporary understanding of the rise of modernist poetic form was crucially bound to narratives of English national culture.

Author : Stephen Adams
Publisher : Broadview Press
Page : 252 pages
File Size : 46,7 Mb
Release : 1997
Category : English language
ISBN : 8210379456XXX

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Poetic Designs by Stephen Adams Pdf

Author : Michael Ferber
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 287 pages
File Size : 45,6 Mb
Release : 2019-09-05
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9781108429122

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Poetry and Language by Michael Ferber Pdf

An accessible introduction to poetry's unusual uses of language that tackles a wide range of poetic features from a linguistic point of view. Equally appealing to the non-expert and more experienced student of linguistics, this book delivers an engaging and often witty summary of how we define what poetry is.

Author : James Chandler,Maureen N. McLane
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 48,7 Mb
Release : 2012
Category : Electronic
ISBN : OCLC:1335725368

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The Cambridge Companion to British Romantic Poetry by James Chandler,Maureen N. McLane Pdf

More than any other period of British literature, Romanticism is strongly identified with a single genre. Romantic poetry has been one of the most enduring, best loved, most widely read and most frequently studied genres for two centuries and remains no less so today. This Companion offers a comprehensive overview and interpretation of the poetry of the period in its literary and historical contexts. The essays consider its metrical, formal, and linguistic features; its relation to history; its influence on other genres; its reflections of empire and nationalism, both within and outside the British Isles; and the various implications of oral transmission and the rapid expansion of print culture and mass readership. Attention is given to the work of less well-known or recently rediscovered authors, alongside the achievements of some of the greatest poets in the English language: Wordsworth, Coleridge, Blake, Scott, Burns, Keats, Shelley, Byron and Clare.

Author : Don Paterson
Publisher : Faber & Faber
Page : 572 pages
File Size : 40,7 Mb
Release : 2018-05-22
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9780571341146

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The Poem by Don Paterson Pdf

Don Paterson is not only one of our great poets, but also an esteemed authority on the art of poetry. In illuminating and engaging prose, he offers his treatise on the making and the philosophy of 'the poem'.Paterson unpicks the process of verse composition with ambition, scholarly flair, and occasional scurrilities, exploring the mechanics of how a poem works and, essentially, what a poem is. His findings take the form of three essays that make up the three sections of the book: 'Lyric' attends to the sound of the poem; 'Sign' envisages ideas of poetic meaning; while 'Metre' studies its underlying rhythms. Through his various professional guises - as poetry editor at Picador Macmillan, professor of poetry at the University of St Andrews, and major prize-winning poet - no one is better placed to grant this 'insider's perspective'. For all those intrigued by the inner workings of the art form and its fundamental secrets, The Poem will surprise and delight.

Author : Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 104 pages
File Size : 44,9 Mb
Release : 1878
Category : Electronic
ISBN : KBNL:KBNL03000134001

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Evangeline by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow Pdf

Author : Philip Hobsbaum
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 159 pages
File Size : 45,9 Mb
Release : 2006-12-05
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9781134881680

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Metre, Rhythm and Verse Form by Philip Hobsbaum Pdf

Poetry criticism is a subject central to the study of literature. However, it is laden with technical terms that, to the beginning student, can be both intimidating and confusing. Philip Hobsbaum provides a welcome remedy, illuminating terms ranging from the iambus to the bob-wheel stanza, and forms from the Spenserian sonnet to modern 'rap', with clarity and comprehensiveness. It is an essential guide through the terminology which will be invaluable reading for undergraduates new to the subject.

Author : Mary Oliver
Publisher : Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Page : 212 pages
File Size : 53,5 Mb
Release : 1998
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 039585086X

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Rules for the Dance by Mary Oliver Pdf

For both readers and writers of poetry, here is a concise and engaging introduction to sound, rhyme, meter, and scansion - and why they matter. "The dance, " in the case of this brief and luminous book, refers to the interwoven pleasures of sound and sense to be found in some of the most celebrated and beautiful poems in the English language, from Shakespeare to Edna St. Vincent Millay to Robert Frost. With a poet's ear and a poet's grace of expression, Mary Oliver helps us understand what makes a metrical poem work - and enables readers, as only she can, to "enter the thudding deeps and the rippling shallows of sound-pleasure and rhythm-pleasure."

Author : G. S. Fraser
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 94 pages
File Size : 54,8 Mb
Release : 2017-07-06
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9781351631044

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Metre, Rhyme and Free Verse by G. S. Fraser Pdf

First published in 1970, this work outlines the principles of English prosody in a way that will enable the reader to recognise and scan any piece of English verse. It illustrates the close relationship between English speech patterns and verse patterns, and the primary importance of the phenomenon of stress. It also discusses the suitability of various kinds of metrical pattern for various kinds of poetic effect. This book will be of interest to those studying poetry and English literature.

Author : Stephen Fry
Publisher : Random House
Page : 384 pages
File Size : 40,7 Mb
Release : 2010-07-06
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9781407088433

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The Ode Less Travelled by Stephen Fry Pdf

If you can speak and read English, you can write poetry. The trick is knowing where to start. Stephen Fry, who has long written poems, and indeed has written long poems, for his own private pleasure, invites you to discover the incomparable delights of metre, rhyme and verse forms. Whether you want to write a Petrarchan sonnet for your lover's birthday, an epithalamion for your sister's wedding or a villanelle excoriating the government's housing policy, The Ode Less Travelled will give you the tools and the confidence to do so. Brimful of enjoyable exercises, witty insights and simple step-by-step advice, The Ode Less Travelled guides the reader towards mastery and confidence in the Mother of the Arts.

Author : Timothy Steele,Clara Gyorgyey
Publisher : University of Arkansas Press
Page : 356 pages
File Size : 43,8 Mb
Release : 1990-01-01
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 1557281262

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Missing Measures by Timothy Steele,Clara Gyorgyey Pdf

Examines the departure from meter and rhyme in modern poetry and the increased use of free verse