A History of Free VerseUniversity of Arkansas Press, 1 de gen. 2001 - 285 pàgines This book examines the most salient and misunderstood aspect of twentieth-century poetry, free verse. Although the form is generally approached as if it were one indissoluble lump, it is actually a group of differing poetic genres proceeding from much different assumptions. Separate chapters on T.S. Eliot, Wallace Stevens, H.D., and William Carlos Williams elucidate many of these assumptions and procedures, while other chapters address more general theoretical questions and trace the continuity of Modern poetics in contemporary poetry. Taking a historical and aesthetic approach, this study demonstrates that many of the forms considered to have been invented in the Modern period actually extend underappreciated traditions. Not only does this book examine the classical influence on Modern poetry, it also features discussions of the poetics of John Milton, Abraham Cowley, Matthew Arnold, and a host of lesser-known poets. Throughout it is an investigation of the prosodic issues that free verse foregrounds, particularly those focusing on the reader's part in interpreting poetic rhythm. |
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... stress the somewhat arbitrary nature of these fictions . In my view , the meanings poets think into poetic form are by no means inevitable or natural . Further , the term allegory helps indicate the coherence and dynamism of much free ...
... stress the somewhat arbitrary nature of these fictions . In my view , the meanings poets think into poetic form are by no means inevitable or natural . Further , the term allegory helps indicate the coherence and dynamism of much free ...
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... stressed and slack syllables is political ; instead , the more accurate formulation is that certain poets associate certain ideas with certain forms . Far from arguing that prosodic theory is inherently apolitical , what I mean to show ...
... stressed and slack syllables is political ; instead , the more accurate formulation is that certain poets associate certain ideas with certain forms . Far from arguing that prosodic theory is inherently apolitical , what I mean to show ...
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... stressed syllables ) , those seeking to define free verse positively have sought to describe free verse's rhythm . While later critics such as Sutton and Dodd often insist on the inexpressible profundity of free verse's rhythm , the ...
... stressed syllables ) , those seeking to define free verse positively have sought to describe free verse's rhythm . While later critics such as Sutton and Dodd often insist on the inexpressible profundity of free verse's rhythm , the ...
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... stress on " In " on the fifth line seems forced . I hear the line as having only two stresses . Fletcher argues that ... stressed syllables : With your cold eyes you sit watching Line seven could easily also have four stressed syllables ...
... stress on " In " on the fifth line seems forced . I hear the line as having only two stresses . Fletcher argues that ... stressed syllables : With your cold eyes you sit watching Line seven could easily also have four stressed syllables ...
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... stressed and unstressed syllables . " Since competent English speakers stress some syllables and not others , the sequence of stresses auto- matically qualifies as a rhythm . This would suppose that poets have nothing to do at all ...
... stressed and unstressed syllables . " Since competent English speakers stress some syllables and not others , the sequence of stresses auto- matically qualifies as a rhythm . This would suppose that poets have nothing to do at all ...
Continguts
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The Haunting of Wallace Stevens | 101 |
Straight Talk Straight as the Greeks | 135 |
The Parsing Meter and Beyond | 179 |
Avoiding Prosody? | 223 |
Notes | 237 |
Works Cited | 255 |
Index | 273 |
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