Verse : an introduction to prosody / Charles O. Hartman.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Hartman, Charles O., 1949- author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Poetics.

Versification.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (315 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Chichester, West Sussex, [England] : Wiley Blackwell, 2015.

Summary:

"This is a text that will work: Hartman's experience as a teacher is everywhere in evidence, and his care and inventiveness in presenting key concepts make the complexities of metrical analysis far more accessible than most similar texts .... I have great admiration for this text and have learned a lot from it; my students will learn even more." -Malcolm Woodland, University of Toronto "It combines a high level of literary scholarship with a practitioner's awareness and a ready-friendly style."- Neil Roberts, Sheffield University.

Contents:

Intro

Title Page

Copyright Page

Contents

Sidebars

Introduction

Chapter 1 The Iambic Pentameter Line

Rhythm and Meter

Stress

Feet

Promoted Stresses

Scansion

An Example

Chapter 2 Other Meters

Other Iambics

Other Feet as the Basis of Meter

Anapestics

Trochaics

Accentual Meter

Accidental Species

Syllabics

Classical Imitations

Chapter 3 Beyond the Line

Rhyme

Rhymed Stanzas: The Quatrain

Other Stanza Types

A Stanza at Work

Whole-Poem Forms

Whole-Poem Forms: The Sonnet

Lines and Sentences

Chapter 4 Free Verse

Lines Are Still Lines

Types of Free Verse

Free Verse, Prose, and Syntax

How Free Is Free Verse?

Chapter 5 Song

Words and Notes

Song Forms

Example: Stichic

Example: Stanzaic

Example: Whole-Song

Chapter 6 Advanced Topics

Generative Metrics

The Native Sound of English

Scansion by Computer

Glossary

Index of Poets and Poems

EULA.

Notes:

Includes index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

111889412X

9781118894125

OCLC:

885148368