Author : Günther Oestmann
Publisher : Walter de Gruyter
Page : 308 pages
File Size : 41,41 MB
Release : 2005
Category : Body, Mind & Spirit
ISBN : 9783110185454
Book Description
North American and European scholars examine formal approaches to such features of poetry as rhyme, alliteration, and meter, investigating such questions as what rules govern formal elements of poetic language in particular traditions or poets, which line types do poets never produce and why, and why certain metrical patterns sound better than others. English, Greek, Japanese, Somali, and Russian are among the languages explored. Annotation :2006 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com).