| Description |
xi, 366 p. : ill. ; 24 cm. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (p. 339-348) and index. |
| Contents |
Metrical norm and rhythmical modulation -- Scansion and metrical variation -- Additional sources of rhythmical modulation, including enjambment, caesural pause, and word length -- Story of elision, including the famous rise, troublesome reign, and tragical fall of the metrical apostrophe -- Rhyme -- Stanzas -- Trochaic and trisyllabic meters -- Alternative modes of versification in English. |
| Subject |
English language -- Versification.
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English language -- Rhythm.
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Poetry -- Authorship.
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Poetics.
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| ISBN |
0821412590 (cloth : acid-free paper) |
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0821412604 (paper : acid-freepaper) |
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