Verse

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Verse is a seminal introduction to prosody for anystudent learning to read or write poetry, from secondary tograduate school. * Discusses iambic pentameter and other kinds of metricalverse, scansion, rhythm and rhyme, free verse, song, and advancedtopics such as poetic meter, linguistic approaches to verse, andthe computer scansion of metrical poetry * Written in a clear, engaging style by a poet and teacher withmore than 30 years of experience teaching the subject * Supplemented by a user-friendly website with student exercisesand additional resources

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Charles O. Hartman

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Literary Criticism & History Literature Literaturkritik u. -geschichte Literaturwissenschaft Lyrik Poetry Prosodie

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"This is a text that will work: Hartman'sexperience as a teacher is everywhere in evidence, and hiscare and inventiveness in presenting key concepts make thecomplexities of metrical analysis far more accessible than most similar texts .... I have great admiration for this textand have learned a lot from it; my students will learn evenmore." --Malcolm Woodland, University of Toronto "It combines a high level of literary scholarship with apractitioner's awareness and a ready-friendlystyle."-- Neil Roberts, Sheffield University
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