Meter in Poetry

English

ISBN: 0511433905

EAN: 9780511433900

Category: Language Arts & Disciplines / General/Literary Criticism / Poetry/

Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Release Date: 08/21/2008

Synopsis: Many of the great works of world literature are composed in metrical verse, that is, in lines which are measured and patterned. Meter in Poetry: A New Theory is the first book to present a single simple account of all known types of metrical verse, which is illustrated with detailed analyses of poems in many languages, including English, Spanish, Italian, French, classical Greek and Latin, Sanskrit, classical Arabic, Chinese, Vietnamese, and Latvian. This outstanding contribution to the study of meter is aimed both at students and scholars of literature and languages, as well as anyone interested in knowing how metrical verse is made.

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