Meter and Meaning: An Introduction to Rhythm in Poetry

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Poet, Thomas Carper, and scholar, Derek Attridge, join forces in Meter and Meaning to present an illuminating and user-friendly way to explore the rhythms of poetry in English. They begin by showing the value of performing any poem aloud, so that we can sense its unique use of rhythm. From this starting point they suggest an entirely fresh, jargon-free approach to reading poetry. Illustrating their 'beat/offbeat' method with a series of exercises, they help readers to appreciate the use of rhythm in poems of all periods and to understand the vital relationship between meter and meaning.
Beginning with the very basics, Meter and Meaning enables a smooth progression to an advanced knowledge of poetic rhythms. It is the essential guide to meter for anyone who wants to study, write, better appreciate, or simply enjoy poetry. Carper and Attridge make studying meter a pleasure and reading poetry a revelation.

 

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Contenido

1 Basic rhythms
1
B b B
18
o O o o ô
34
4 Scanning poems
46
5 Rhythmic figures
76
6 Names and labels
87
7 Meter and meaning
104
8 Identifying meters and stanzaforms
124
Where to go from here
145
Scansion symbols
147
Afterword
151
Index of poets and poems
153
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Meter and Meaning: An Introduction to Rhythm in Poetry
Thomas Carper,Derek Attridge
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Thomas Carper,Derek Attridge
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Términos y frases comunes

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Acerca del autor (2020)

Thomas Carper is the author of three volumes of metrical poetry including Distant Blue, recipient of the 2003 Richard Wilbur Award, Fiddle Lane and From Nature. He is Professor Emeritus of English at the University of Southern Maine. Derek Attridge is Professor of English at the University of York, UK. He is the author of the highly influential texts on beat prosody, The Rhythms of English Poetry and Poetic Rhythm: An Introduction and has also published books on literary theory, sixteenth-century poetry and twentieth-century fiction.

Información bibliográfica

TítuloMeter and Meaning: An Introduction to Rhythm in Poetry
AutoresThomas Carper, Derek Attridge
Ediciónreimpresa
EditorRoutledge, 2020
ISBN1000100847, 9781000100846
Largo174 páginas
  
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