Metrical Complexity in Christina Rossetti's Verse
Fabb, N.A.J. and Halle, M. (2006) Metrical Complexity in Christina Rossetti's Verse. College Literature, 33 (2). pp. 91-114. ISSN 0093-3139
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Bracketed Grid Theory interprets metricality as fundamentally a matter of counting syllables, with rhythm derived from counting. Syllables are grouped into pairs or triplets, which in turn are grouped, thus building a scansion from the line. The article compares the traditional approach to meter with its inventory of feet as building-blocks combined to make a scansion of a line which expresses the rhythms of its performance. It applies this theory to a strict iambic meter and a loose iambic meter, each used by Rossetti, and shows that though the number of syllables in the line varies in the latter it is nevertheless scanned by a counting system. The article shows that in the poem "Up-hill" Rossetti uses a strict meter to mimic the rhythmic effect of a loose meter. The essay formulates a theory of metrical mimicry because it distinguishes between underlying meter and performed rhythm.
| Author(s): | Fabb, N.A.J.  ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4820-7612 and Halle, M. | Item type: | Article |
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| ID code: | 5403 |
| Keywords: | Rossetti, iambic meter, rhythym, Bracketed Grid Theory, metrical, poetry, English, Philology. Linguistics, Education, Literature and Literary Theory |
| Subjects: | Language and Literature > English Language and Literature > Philology. Linguistics |
| Department: | Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences (HaSS) > School of Humanities > English |
| Depositing user: | Strathprints Administrator |
| Date deposited: | 17 Feb 2008 |
| Last modified: | 27 Jan 2020 01:20 |
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| URI: | https://strathprints.strath.ac.uk/id/eprint/5403 |
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