04-03-2014, 03:55 AM
Thanks Ray,
I like this quote (see end of page,"Of the ways of looking at meter" ) because it says the same thing I have been saying for at least the last thirty years or so (emphasis is mine), of course one can pick and choose like they do with their Eliot quote:
"Since poets are now free to irregularly change the rhythms and sounds throughout a poem, they have many more choices to make with every word put on the page. T. S. Eliot said in his essay "The Music of Poetry" in 1942 that "no verse is free for the man who wants to do a good job"
Eliot did say this, he just happened to be referring primarily to "free iambic verse", but I'll not quibble since it happens to agree with my sentiment on the subject.
Dale
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"Of the ways of looking at meter, the most common in English are those that are accentual. English, being of Germanic origin, is a predominantly accentual language. This means that its natural rhythms are not found naturally from syllable to syllable, but rather from one accent to the next."
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I like this quote (see end of page,"Of the ways of looking at meter" ) because it says the same thing I have been saying for at least the last thirty years or so (emphasis is mine), of course one can pick and choose like they do with their Eliot quote:
"Since poets are now free to irregularly change the rhythms and sounds throughout a poem, they have many more choices to make with every word put on the page. T. S. Eliot said in his essay "The Music of Poetry" in 1942 that "no verse is free for the man who wants to do a good job"
Eliot did say this, he just happened to be referring primarily to "free iambic verse", but I'll not quibble since it happens to agree with my sentiment on the subject.
Dale
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"Of the ways of looking at meter, the most common in English are those that are accentual. English, being of Germanic origin, is a predominantly accentual language. This means that its natural rhythms are not found naturally from syllable to syllable, but rather from one accent to the next."
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How long after picking up the brush, the first masterpiece?
The goal is not to obfuscate that which is clear, but make clear that which isn't.
The goal is not to obfuscate that which is clear, but make clear that which isn't.