Meter in poetry : A new theory

Fabb, Nigel and Halle, Morris (2008) Meter in poetry : A new theory. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, UK. ISBN 978-0-521-88564-5

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Abstract

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. Our basic argument is that all metrical verse depends on a set of rules which control the length of the line (which is why meter is found only in verse), and any regular rhythm is derived from the counting mechanism.

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Fabb, Nigel ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4820-7612 and Halle, Morris;
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