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Many Of The Great Works Of World Literature Are Composed In Metrical Verse, That Is, In Lines Which Are Measured And Patterned. Meter In Poetry: A New Theory Is The First Book To Present A Single Simple Account Of All Known Types Of Metrical Verse, Which Is Illustrated With Detailed Analyses Of Poems In Many Languages, Including English, Spanish, Italian, French, Classical Greek And Latin, Sanskrit, Classical Arabic, Chinese, Vietnamese, And Latvian. This Outstanding Contribution To The Study Of Meter Is Aimed Both At Students And Scholars Of Literature And Languages, As Well As Anyone Interested In Knowing How Metrical Verse Is Made.--book Jacket. A Theory Of Poetic Meter -- English Strict Meters -- English Loose Meters -- Southern Romance / By Carlos Piera -- French -- Greek -- Classical Arabic -- Latvian -- Meters Of The World -- The Metrical Poetry Of The Old Testament. Nigel Fabb And Morris Halle With A Chapter On Southern Romance Meters By Carlos Piera. Includes Bibliographical References (p. 285-293) And Index.

Author

Nigel Fabb and Morris Halle; with a chapter on Southern Romance meters by Carlos Piera

Publisher

Cambridge, UK ; New York: Cambridge University Press

Published

2008

Language

EN

ISBN

9780521885645

Subjects

Poetry, Language Learning, Philosophy

Updated

2026-03-24