An Introduction to English Prosody
β Elizabeth Couper-Kuhlen
π Library
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1986
π Max Niemeyer Verlag
π English
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Verse: An Introduction to Prosody
β Scribed by Charles O. Hartman
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- Wiley-Blackwell
- Year
- 2015
- Tongue
- English
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- 315
- Edition
- 1
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- Library
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β¦ Synopsis
Verse is a seminal introduction to prosody for any student learning to read or write poetry, from secondary to graduate school.
- DiscussesΒ iambic pentameter and other kinds of metrical verse, scansion, rhythm and rhyme, free verse, song, and advanced topics such as poetic meter, linguistic approaches to verse, and the computer scansion of metrical poetry
- Written in a clear, engaging style by a poet and teacher with more than 30 years of experience teaching the subject
- Supplemented by a user-friendly website with student exercises and additional resources
β¦ Table of Contents
Title Page
Copyright Page
Contents
Sidebars
Introduction
Chapter 1 The Iambic Pentameter Line
Rhythm and Meter
Stress
Feet
Promoted Stresses
Scansion
An Example
Chapter 2 Other Meters
Other Iambics
Other Feet as the Basis of Meter
Anapestics
Trochaics
Accentual Meter
Accidental Species
Syllabics
Classical Imitations
Chapter 3 Beyond the Line
Rhyme
Rhymed Stanzas: The Quatrain
Other Stanza Types
A Stanza at Work
Whole-Poem Forms
Whole-Poem Forms: The Sonnet
Lines and Sentences
Chapter 4 Free Verse
Lines Are Still Lines
Types of Free Verse
Free Verse, Prose, and Syntax
How Free Is Free Verse?
Chapter 5 Song
Words and Notes
Song Forms
Example: Stichic
Example: Stanzaic
Example: Whole-Song
Chapter 6 Advanced Topics
Generative Metrics
The Native Sound of English
Scansion by Computer
Glossary
Index of Poets and Poems
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