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All the Fun's in How You Say a Thing - An Explanation of Meter and Versification (Paperback)
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All the Fun's in How You Say a Thing - An Explanation of Meter and Versification (Paperback)
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Perfect for the general reader of poetry, students and teachers of
literature, and aspiring poets, All the Fun's in How You Say a
Thing is a lively and comprehensive study of versification by one
of our best contemporary practitioners of traditional poetic forms.
Emphasizing both the coherence and the diversity of English
metrical practice from Chaucer's time to ours, Timothy Steele
explains how poets harmonize the fixed units of meter with the
variable flow of idiomatic speech. He examines the ways in which
poets have used meter, rhyme, and stanza to communicate and enhance
meaning. Steele illuminates as well many practical, theoretical,
and historical issues in English prosody, without ever losing sight
of the fundamental pleasures, beauties, and insights that fine
poems offer us. Written lucidly, with a generous selection of
helpful scansions and explanations of the metrical effects of the
great poets of the English language, All the Fun's in How You Say a
Thing is not only a valuable handbook on technique; it is also a
wide-ranging study of English verse and a mine of entertaining
information for anyone wishing more fully to write, enjoy,
understand, or teach poetry.
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