Meter in Poetry
A New Theory

The first book to offer a universal linguistic theory of poetic meter.

Nigel Fabb (Author), Morris Halle (Author)

9780521713252, Cambridge University Press

Paperback, published 21 August 2008

312 pages
22.8 x 15.2 x 1.9 cm, 0.5 kg

' … thorough and well-written …' The Journal of Phonology

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.

1. A theory of poetic meter
2. English strict meters
3. English loose meters
4. Southern Romance Carlos Piera
5. French
6. Greek
7. Classical Arabic
8. Sanskrit
9. Latvian
10. Meters of the world
11. The metrical poetry of the Old Testament.

Subject Areas: Poetry [DC], Phonetics, phonology [CFH], Historical & comparative linguistics [CFF]