A Prosody of Free Verse: Explorations in Rhythm

by Richard Andrews

Book Overview

There is to date no comprehensive account of the rhythms of free verse. The main purpose of A Prosody of Free Verse: explorations in rhythm is to fill that gap and begin to provide a systematic approach to describing and analyzing free verse rhythms. Most studies have declared the attempt to write such a prosody as impossible: they prefer to see free verse as an aberrant version of regular metrical verse. They also believe that behind free verse...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0367023504
• ISBN13: 9780367023508
• Release Date: August 2018
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 232 Pages
• Weight: 0.70 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.0" x 9.0"