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The Music of Verse

Metrical Experiment in Nineteenth-Century Poetry

Joseph Phelan author

Format:Paperback

Publisher:Palgrave Macmillan

Published:1st Jan '12

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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.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.

ISBN: 9781349319978

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225 pages

1st ed. 2012