Meter In English

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Renowned poets and experts in metrics respond to Robert Wallace's pivotal essay which clarifies and simplifies methods of studying poetry. Former United States Poet Laureate Robert Hass has called Wallace's essay a paradigm shift in our understanding of English prosody.
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Overview

Renowned poets and experts in metrics respond to Robert Wallace's pivotal essay which clarifies and simplifies methods of studying poetry. Former United States Poet Laureate Robert Hass has called Wallace's essay a paradigm shift in our understanding of English prosody.
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In 1993, the poet Robert Wallace sent editor Baker and others an essay (included here) called "Meter in English," which seeks to clarify its subject through a series of propositions, the main being that there are only iambic meters in English. Baker, the author of four books of poetry himself (most recently, After the Reunion, Univ. of Arkansas Pr., 1994), circulated the essay to 14 distinguished formal poets, including Eavan Boland, Dana Gioia, Rachel Hadas, Robert Haas, and Richard Wilbur, each of whom has written a response. These rejoinders range from nodding agreement to vigorous challenge; Annie Finch, for example, sticks up for anapests and dactyls with a devotee's zeal. In the final essay, Robert Wallace returns to meditate on the points raised by the others. There may be more to say on the subject of English prosody in the future, but anyone who tries will have to begin with this exhaustive consideration of the topic. Highly recommended.David Kirby, Florida State Univ., Tallahassee
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Product Details

  • ISBN-13: 9781557284440
  • Publisher: University of Arkansas Press
  • Publication date: 5/1/1996
  • Pages: 396
  • Product dimensions: 0.88 (w) x 6.00 (h) x 9.00 (d)

Table of Contents

Introduction
A Table of Metrical Feet
Meter in English 3
Meter in English: A Response 45
Metrical Diversity: A Defense of the Non-Iambic Meters 59
Meter-Making Arguments 75
"Come and Trip It": A Response to Robert Wallace 97
Some Responses to Robert Wallace 109
Prosody: A New Footing 125
Words Moving: Metrical Pleasures of Our Time 151
Our Many Meters: Strength in Diversity 169
Meter and the Fortunes of the Numerical Imagination 197
Staunch Meter, Great Song 221
Verse vs. Prose/Prosody vs. Meter 249
Wallace's Razor: Metrics and Pedagogical Economy 265
Two Letters 279
Real Meter in Imaginary English: Response to Robert Wallace 283
Completing the Circle 295
Bibliography 351
Contributors 357
Index of Proposal Discussions 361
Index of Authors 363
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