Poetry: Meter, Form, and Rhythm
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Description: This site provides interactive tutorials in poetic forms and meter, links to other poetry sites, and numerous examples of stanzas and fixed poetic forms.
Poetry: Meter, Form, and Rhythm: Poetic Prosody, Structure TO THESE PAGES ON POETIC PROSODY: METER AND FORM MANY READERS THINK OF FORMAL METRICS as a forbidding topic and hesitate to enter into its precincts. But all poets whose work continues to attract readers, including those who write mainly or exclusively in free verse, possess a deep understanding of the rhythmical qualities of language. For the most part, they acquire this understanding by immersing themselves in the poetry written in their own tongue (frequently in others as well) and working in that medium, just as great musicians, dancers, athletes, or scientists gain their proficiency by active engagement with their own disciplines. The study of meter and form for its own sake cannot make anyone into a poet, especially when the application of formal principles is mechanical and inept
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| Page title: | Poetry: Meter, Form, and Rhythm: Poetic Prosody, Structure |
| Keywords: | poetry meter, metrics, form, rhythm,stanzas, prosody, scansion, structure, formalism, rhyme,stress |
| Description: | This poetry site provides tutorials and quizzes in poetry that teach poetic meter and forms, the prosody and structure of verse and stanzas. |
| IP-address: | 152.13.13.218 |
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| NS | Name Servers: NS1.UNCG.EDU 152.13.18.154 NS2.UNCG.EDU 152.13.18.155 |
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| Date | activated: 16-Aug-1989 last updated: 20-Sep-2012 expires: 31-Jul-2014 |