02509nam 2200577 a 450 991045753580332120200520144314.01-60917-277-9(CKB)2550000000065458(EBL)1672232(SSID)ssj0000648078(PQKBManifestationID)11383219(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000648078(PQKBWorkID)10596837(PQKB)10547720(MiAaPQ)EBC3338206(OCoLC)579258249(MdBmJHUP)muse12687(MiAaPQ)EBC1672232(Au-PeEL)EBL3338206(CaPaEBR)ebr10514597(OCoLC)923250004(Au-PeEL)EBL1672232(OCoLC)876514165(EXLCZ)99255000000006545820740729d1966 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrVersification[electronic resource] a short introduction /by James McAuley[East Lansing] Michigan State University Press19661 online resource (93 p.)Description based upon print version of record.0-87013-096-X Includes bibliographical references.Preface; CONTENTS; I. From Stress to Metre; II. Metrical Variation; III. Metrical Accent and Speech Stress; IV. The Actual Line of Spoken Verse; V. Other Elements of Variety; VI. Other Systems of Versification; A Short Glossary; A Select List for Reading Versification: A Short Introduction is written by one of Australia's most distinguished poets. The book discusses poetic meter, and may be the only source you need. McAuley devotes a short chapter to versification based on accent, syllable count, free verse and ""classical"" meters, but the book as a whole focuses on metrical verse and its constant reference back to stress in normal speech - it suceeds in showing meterical verse as a natural outgrowth of what we do naturally. This dispels quickly any sense of the esoteric - poetry is of and for people in general not for a speEnglish languageVersificationElectronic books.English languageVersification.426McAuley James Phillip1917-1054249MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910457535803321Versification2486692UNINA