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Book Description Hardcover. Condition: new. Hardcover. A comprehensive and joyous celebration of metrical poetry - from Shakespeare to slam poetry - bringing together some of the best rhythmic lines in literature.Two contemporary poets turns their attention to poetry as a living, rhythmic, often musical performance. Their wide-ranging selections encompass epic, folk songs, the Romantics, the Victorians, poets of the Harlem Renaissance and contemporary hip hop. For many readers, the most familiar poetic metre is the iambic pentameter of Shakespeare, but this only scratches the surface of the extraordinary diversity of rhythmic patterns that poets have employed over the ages. Measure for Measure has sections on Accentual Metre (Kipling, Bishop, Auden), Trochees (Blake, Dickinson, Dorothy Parker), Anapests (Byron, Frost, Langston Hughes); other sections cover iambs, ballads, and more exotic metres like amphibrachs, dipodics, hendecasyllabics and sapphics Two contemporary poets turns their attention to poetry as a living, rhythmic, often musical performance. For many readers, the most familiar poetic metre is the iambic pentameter of Shakespeare, but this only scratches the surface of the extraordinary diversity of rhythmic patterns that poets have employed over the ages. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability. Seller Inventory # 9781841598000
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Book Description Condition: New. pp. 256. Seller Inventory # 373624472
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Book Description Hardcover. Condition: Brand New. 256 pages. 6.50x4.45x0.75 inches. In Stock. Seller Inventory # __1841598003
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Book Description Hardback. Condition: New. New copy - Usually dispatched within 4 working days. Two contemporary poets turns their attention to poetry as a living, rhythmic, often musical performance. Measure for Measure has sections on Accentual Metre (Kipling, Bishop, Auden), Trochees (Blake, Dickinson, Dorothy Parker), Anapests (Byron, Frost, Langston Hughes); Seller Inventory # B9781841598000
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Book Description Buch. Condition: Neu. Neuware - Two contemporary poets turns their attention to poetry as a living, rhythmic, often musical performance. For many readers, the most familiar poetic metre is the iambic pentameter of Shakespeare, but this only scratches the surface of the extraordinary diversity of rhythmic patterns that poets have employed over the ages. 256 pp. Deutsch. Seller Inventory # 9781841598000