All the fun's in how you say a thing : an explanation of meter and versification

All the fun's in how you say a thing : an explanation of meter and versification / Timothy Steele.

"A lively and comprehensive study of the forms and traditions of English poetry."

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Steele, Timothy
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	Athens : Ohio University Press, ©1999.
Subjects:	English language > Versification. English language > Rhythm. Poetry > Authorship. Poetics.
Online Access:	Contributor biographical information Publisher description

Table of Contents:

Metrical norm and rhythmical modulation
Scansion and metrical variation
Additional sources of rhythmical modulation, including enjambment, caesural pause, and word length
Story of elision, including the famous rise, troublesome reign, and tragical fall of the metrical apostrophe
Rhyme
Stanzas
Trochaic and trisyllabic meters
Alternative modes of versification in English.