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Through its recovery of the metrical principles underlying the work of some of the century''s major poets, this study highlights the intricacy of the relation between the ''music'' of verse and its meaning, and helping us to understand the way in which the ferment of metrical experiment eventually led to the emergence of free verse.

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Acknowledgements Introduction Note on Terminology and Metrical Marks Music and Metre 'Empty Times' and 'Double Accents': The English Hexameter in Theory and Practice Native Traditions: Anglo-Saxon and Alliterative Verse 'The Accent of Feeling': Towards Free Verse Notes Bibliography Index

The Music of Verse

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      Publisher Palgrave Macmillan
      Published 1 January 2012
      ISBN-13 9781349319978
      978-1349319978
      ISBN-10 134931997X
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      ELT & Literary Studies Literary studies: c 1800 to c 1900 Literary theory Literature: history and criticism

      Description

      Book Synopsis
      Through its recovery of the metrical principles underlying the work of some of the century''s major poets, this study highlights the intricacy of the relation between the ''music'' of verse and its meaning, and helping us to understand the way in which the ferment of metrical experiment eventually led to the emergence of free verse.

      Table of Contents
      Acknowledgements Introduction Note on Terminology and Metrical Marks Music and Metre 'Empty Times' and 'Double Accents': The English Hexameter in Theory and Practice Native Traditions: Anglo-Saxon and Alliterative Verse 'The Accent of Feeling': Towards Free Verse Notes Bibliography Index

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