Meter and Meaning: An Introduction to Rhythm in PoetryRoutledge, 26 aug 2020 - 174 pagina's Poet, Thomas Carper, and scholar, Derek Attridge, join forces in Meter and Meaning to present an illuminating and user-friendly way to explore the rhythms of poetry in English. They begin by showing the value of performing any poem aloud, so that we can sense its unique use of rhythm. From this starting point they suggest an entirely fresh, jargon-free approach to reading poetry. Illustrating their 'beat/offbeat' method with a series of exercises, they help readers to appreciate the use of rhythm in poems of all periods and to understand the vital relationship between meter and meaning. |
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... stops . How did the first line go ? How many beats ? Most of us will get " hick- or - y dick - or - y dock . " And so a three - beat rhythm is set up . But what if some people hear the word " hickory " as a two - syllable word " hick ...
... stops . Two beats , maybe ? Or one ? Take your pick . So far we have touched on several important points : that in certain circumstances a single line can have different metrical performances ; that poets writing metrically tend to ...
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Inhoudsopgave
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B b B | 18 |
o O o o ô | 34 |
4 Scanning poems | 46 |
5 Rhythmic figures | 76 |
6 Names and labels | 87 |
7 Meter and meaning | 104 |
8 Identifying meters and stanzaforms | 124 |
Where to go from here | 145 |
Scansion symbols | 147 |
Afterword | 151 |
Index of poets and poems | 153 |
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