In-depth studies of poetic meter, prosody, and the art of poetics. Explore literary analysis of forms, structures, and their impact on verse.
Frontiers in Comparative Metrics V. In memory of Reuven Tsur and Barry Scherr. Call for Papers
Antonina Martynenko’s dissertation: “Traditions and Innovations in Russian Poetry of the Second Half of the 1830s: A Quantitative Study”. Readers reports
This article describes the Russian sonnet as a verse structure. Highlighting the many deviations and innovations poets introduced – from adapting Petrarchan and Shakespearean models to radical experiments – the study shows how the sonnet’s diversity...
meter and rhythmThis article extends Roman Jakobson’s framework of “broad metrics” to sung poetry. Building on his dichotomies of verse design/instance (poetic meter and rhythm) and delivery design/instance (recitation rules and performance), it prop...
The article deals with the origin of “rhythmical figures” serving as “rhythmical italics” to enhance meaning in English poetry from Chaucer to Frost (14th–20th centuries). In Surrey’s translation of The Aeneid (the first decades of the 16th century)...
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