Meter in Poetry

by Morris Halle and Nigel Fabb

Book Overview

Many of the great works of world literature are composed in metrical verse, that is, in lines which are measured and patterned. Meter in Poetry: A New Theory is the first book to present a single simple account of all known types of metrical verse, which is illustrated with detailed analyses of poems in many languages, including English, Spanish, Italian, French, classical Greek and Latin, Sanskrit, classical Arabic, Chinese, Vietnamese, and Latvian...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0521713250
• ISBN13: 9780521713252
• Release Date: September 2008
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 312 Pages
• Weight: 1.10 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 5.9" x 8.8"