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To make sense of "free verse" in theory of in practice, the study of prosody--the function of rhythm in poetry--must be revised and rethought. In
Free Verse: An Essay on Prosody, Charles Hartman develops a theory of prosody that includes the most characteristic form of twentieth-century poetry.
About the Author
Charles O. Hartman is professor of English and Poet in Residence at Connecticut College.
Table of Contents
Acknowledgments
Preface
Introduction
The Prehistory of Free Verse
Chapter One
Some Definitions
Chapter Two
Accentualism, Isochrony, and the Musical Fallacy
Chapter Three
Free Verse and Prose
Chapter Four
Counterpoint
Chapter Five
The Discovery of Form
Chapter Six
The Discovery of Meter
Chapter Seven
Free Verse and Poetry
Chapter Eight
Some Contemporaries
Appendix
Full Texts of Three Quoted Poems
Notes
List of References
Index