Versification A Short Introduction

Name: Versification A Short Introduction
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ISBN: 9780870130960

ISBN-10: 087013096X

ISBN-13: 9780870130960

Edition: Reprint

Authors: James McAuley

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Versification: A Short Introductionis written by one of Australia's most distinguished poets. The book discusses poetic meter, and may be the only source you need. McAuley devotes a short chapter to versification based on accent, syllable count, free verse and "classical" meters, but the book as a whole focuses on metrical verse and its constant reference back to stress in normal speech - it suceeds in showing meterical verse as a natural outgrowth of what we do naturally. This dispels quickly any sense of the esoteric - poetry is of and for people in general not for a special literati. After establishing meter in the normal sphere of speech, McAuley then discusses how abstract meterical…

Book details

List price: $10.95
Publisher: Michigan State University Press
Publication date: 8/31/1996
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 84
Size: 5.50" wide x 8.50" long x 0.80" tall
Weight: 0.286
Language: English