The Poet and the PoemA discussion of the poet's inherent attitudes, the more technical matters of verse writing, and the application of principles to actual practice. |
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... units more or less consciously demarcated and arranged . The meter of prose may be chapters , paragraphs , sentences , phrases , words . The only evidence one needs of their existence is that for some reason the author chose to end one ...
... units more or less consciously demarcated and arranged . The meter of prose may be chapters , paragraphs , sentences , phrases , words . The only evidence one needs of their existence is that for some reason the author chose to end one ...
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... units composed of syllables and stress , both of which are much more significant in poetry than in prose . There are poems measured by syllables alone and by stress alone , but the peculiarly difficult and enchanting characteristic of ...
... units composed of syllables and stress , both of which are much more significant in poetry than in prose . There are poems measured by syllables alone and by stress alone , but the peculiarly difficult and enchanting characteristic of ...
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... units determined by number of stresses and units determined by number of syllables -illustrated by the conventional arrangement of the nursery rhyme ; note that the syllabic count does not quite work out , as the first foot is truncated ...
... units determined by number of stresses and units determined by number of syllables -illustrated by the conventional arrangement of the nursery rhyme ; note that the syllabic count does not quite work out , as the first foot is truncated ...
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