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Examines the work of a range of early 20th century French poets including Cendrars, Apollinaire, Perse and Supervielle, in order to indicate the reading strategies needed to do justice to free verse's rhythmic versatility.
We are still a long way from knowing how to read the rhythms of free verse, a poetry which has been largely neglected by metrical theory. Clive Scott's readable and scholarly study indicates the strategies of reading needed if justice is to be done to free verse's rhythmic versa…
