Versification: a short introduction
Versification: A Short Introduction is written by one of Australia's most distinguished poets. The book discusses poetic meter, and may be the only source you need. McAuley devotes a short chapter to versification based on accent, syllable count, free verse and ""classical"" meters, but the book as a whole focuses on metrical verse and its constant reference back to stress in normal speech - it suceeds in showing meterical verse as a natural outgrowth of what we do naturally. This dispels quick…
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- Full title :Versification : a short introduction / by James McAuley.
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Versification: A Short Introduction is written by one of Australia's most distinguished poets. The book discusses poetic meter, and may be the only source you need. McAuley devotes a short chapter to versification based on accent, syllable count, free verse and ""classical"" meters, but the book as a whole focuses on metrical verse and its constant reference back to stress in normal speech - it suceeds in showing meterical verse as a natural outgrowth of what we do naturally. This dispels quickly any sense of the esoteric - poetry is of and for people in general not for a spe.
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- Publication Date:1966.
Publication Statements
- Publisher(s):Michigan State University Press
- Place of Publication:East Lansing
- Language:eng
- Publication Date:1966.
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Titre de l'écran-titre (visionné le 7 févr. 2014).
TRAITEMENT SOMMAIRE.
The Physical Object
- Description:1 ressource en ligne (viii, 84 p.)
Edition Identifiers
- ISBN:1609172779, 9781609172770
- oclc:ocn872125287
- LC Classification:PE1509
- Dewey Decimal:426
Table of Contents
Preface; CONTENTS; I. From Stress to Metre; II. Metrical Variation; III. Metrical Accent and Speech Stress; IV. The Actual Line of Spoken Verse; V. Other Elements of Variety; VI. Other Systems of Versification; A Short Glossary; A Select List for Reading.
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