Metre, Rhythm and Verse Form (The New Critical Idiom)

By Philip Hobsbaum and P. Hobsbaum

Book Overview

This clear introduction explains technical terms such as iambic pentameter and syllabics, defines verse metres such as blank and free verse and illustrates a variety of forms, from the sonnet to freer... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 041508797X
• ISBN13: 9780415087971
• Release Date: November 1995
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 212 Pages
• Weight: 0.54 lbs.
• Dimensions: 7.8" x 0.5" x 5.1"

Customer Reviews

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Metre, Rhythm and Verse Form gave me all the tools necessary to understanding poetry and poetry criticism. This book helped to clarify a number of abstruse terms which would have been otherwise both frightening and VERY confusing.