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The Harmony of Verse / W.C. Morton.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Morton, W.C., Author.
- Series:
- Heritage
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- English language--Versification.
- English language.
- Genre:
- Electronic books.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (ix, 235 pages)
- Place of Publication:
- Toronto : University of Toronto Press, [2019]
- Language Note:
- In English.
- Summary:
- The Harmony of Verse is a study of rhythm and metre, a thought-provoking analysis of those qualities which make up a formal aspect of poetry. It is an interpretive essay rather an exhaustive treatise.
- Contents:
- The origin, rhythm, and autometre of speech
- Basic, minor, and major metre
- Metrical series
- Metrical linking and pause
- Metrical syllables
- Accent and tempo
- Phonetic melody
- Tone and pitch
- Number, position, and grouping
- Norms and progression
- Diction and meaning
- Tension and harmony
- The poet's dream
- Appeal and response.
- Notes:
- Includes index.
- Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 26. Nov 2019)
- ISBN:
- 1-4875-7788-5
- OCLC:
- 1090918072
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