Meter in English : a critical engagement
In 1993, poet, author, and teacher Robert Wallace wrote an essay, "Meter in English," to clarify and simplify methods of studying the line-by-line rhythms and structure of poetry. When David Baker circulated Wallace's essay to other poets and student of prosody, the ten propositions it contained elicited an excited and powerful reaction from each respondent. Some strongly concurred; others expressed rousing disagreement. United States Poet Laureate Robert Haas called the
Print Book, English, 1996
University of Arkansas Press, Fayetteville, 1996
Aufsatzsammlung
xxiii, 368 pages ; 25 cm
9781557284228, 9781557284440, 1557284229, 155728444X
34919830
Introduction / David Baker
A Table of Metrical Feet
Meter in English / Robert Wallace
Meter in English: A Response / Eavan Boland
Metrical Diversity: A Defense of the Non-Iambic Meters / Annie Finch
Meter-Making Arguments / Dana Gioia
"Come and Trip It": A Response to Robert Wallace / Rachel Hadas
Some Responses to Robert Wallace / Charles O. Hartman
Prosody: A New Footing / Robert Hass
Words Moving: Metrical Pleasures of Our Time / Margaret Holley
Our Many Meters: Strength in Diversity / John Frederick Nims
Meter and the Fortunes of the Numerical Imagination / David J. Rothman
Staunch Meter, Great Song / Timothy Steele
Verse vs. Prose/Prosody vs. Meter / Lewis Putnam Turco
Wallace's Razor: Metrics and Pedagogical Economy / Barry Weller
Two Letters / Richard Wilbur
Real Meter in Imaginary English: Response to Robert Wallace / Susanne Woods
Completing the Circle / Robert Wallace