Poetic Meter and Poetic FormRandom House, 1979 - 188 páginas "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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... never encounter a round face , though the term is helpful ; and if the idea of a circle had never been defined for you , you might not be clearly aware of how a round face differs from a long one , even though the exist- ence of some ...
... never encounter a round face , though the term is helpful ; and if the idea of a circle had never been defined for you , you might not be clearly aware of how a round face differs from a long one , even though the exist- ence of some ...
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... never to be forgotten that it is the business of poets to make poems , just as it is the business of readers and critics to appraise them . A young friend of Samuel Johnson's once developed feelings of shame over crit- icizing a tragedy ...
... never to be forgotten that it is the business of poets to make poems , just as it is the business of readers and critics to appraise them . A young friend of Samuel Johnson's once developed feelings of shame over crit- icizing a tragedy ...
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... never - failing common sense will guarantee ... enrich- ment for anyone who takes the time to read this book . " - Frank Lentricchia , Jr .. Poetry " A cultivated , graceful and wonderfully lucid introduction to the many subtle ...
... never - failing common sense will guarantee ... enrich- ment for anyone who takes the time to read this book . " - Frank Lentricchia , Jr .. Poetry " A cultivated , graceful and wonderfully lucid introduction to the many subtle ...
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The Nature of Meter | 3 |
The Technique of Scansion | 17 |
Metrical Variations | 30 |
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