Dylan Thomas's meters

Fabb, Nigel and Halle, Morris; Torrego, Esther, ed. (2012) Dylan Thomas's meters. In: Of Grammar, Words, and Verses. Language Faculty and Beyond . John Benjamins Publishing Company, Amsterdam, pp. 67-86. ISBN 9789027274564

Abstract

This chapter applies to Dylan Thomas’s metrical poetry the theory of meter de- veloped in collaboration with Carlos Piera in Fabb and Halle (2008). We explain the various properties of the strict and loose meters used by Thomas. We also discuss some poems which can be analyzed as simultaneously in two meters at the same time: a strict syllable-counting meter and a loose stress-based meter. These polymetrical poems may reflect the influence, possibly mediated through Gerard Manley Hopkins, of the Welsh poetic tradition.

ORCID iDs

Fabb, Nigel ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4820-7612

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  Item type:	Book Section
  ID code:	40326
  Dates:	Date Event 2012 Published
  Keywords:	meter, Dylan Thomas, linguistics, English literature
  Subjects:	Language and Literature > English literature
  Department:	Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences (HaSS) > School of Humanities > English
  Depositing user:	Pure Administrator
  Date deposited:	03 Jul 2012 13:07
  Last modified:	21 Feb 2022 15:16
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  URI:	https://strathprints.strath.ac.uk/id/eprint/40326