The Ghost of Meter: Culture and Prosody in American Free Verse

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The Ghost of Meter: Culture and Prosody in American Free Verse provides a new strategy for interpreting the ways in which metrical patterns contribute to the meaning of poems. Annie Finch puts forth the theory of "the metrical code," a way of tracing the changing cultural connotations of metered verse, especially iambic pentameter. By applying the code to specific poems, the author is able to analyze a writer's relation to literary history...

Format:Paperback

Language:English

ISBN:0472087096

ISBN13:9780472087099

Release Date:December 2000

Publisher:University of Michigan Press

Length:192 Pages

Weight:0.70 lbs.

Dimensions:0.8" x 6.0" x 9.0"

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Literary Criticism Literary Criticism & Collections Poetry Social Science Social Sciences

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