Derek Attridge's Poetic Rhythm: An Introduction has to be one of the best books on the nature and use of meter and verse scansion. If I understood him properly, he's making the point (as you are) that poetic rhythms, though essential to an appreciation of poetry, cannot be too strictly and rigidly codified. There can always be room for creative unstressed or "offbeat" lines.
I suppose it's in the times when rhythms take a break from themselves, letting in counter-rhythms that can't be that easily captured, that gives poetic language it's wonderful piquancy and fluency.
Derek Attridge's Poetic Rhythm: An Introduction has to be one of the best books on the nature and use of meter and verse scansion. If I understood him properly, he's making the point (as you are) that poetic rhythms, though essential to an appreciation of poetry, cannot be too strictly and rigidly codified. There can always be room for creative unstressed or "offbeat" lines.
ReplyDeleteI suppose it's in the times when rhythms take a break from themselves, letting in counter-rhythms that can't be that easily captured, that gives poetic language it's wonderful piquancy and fluency.
there is also John Woodroffe's: The Garland of Letters
ReplyDeleteand Robert Duncan's: Structure of Rime
nothink quite like vowels and consonants being/taking the
lead
via the breath of
in sallying forth into the line/poem?
why disguise our vowels' 'soundings' ?
and
just how many vowels albeit sounds (music) or colors (painting) are there.... really ?
well
ReplyDeletekookie what is on the net ! via penn sound's Robert Duncan "stash".. an example of...
which is far beyond any of us talking about" as opposed to DOING the thing:
https://media.sas.upenn.edu/pennsound/authors/Duncan/WPR-77/Duncan-Robert_09_Structure-of-Rime-XXVIII_WPR-Harvard_1977.mp3
not the Duncan piece that I was thinking of... but, this will nicely, neatly suffice to say?
here is what I was looking for/thinking onof:
ReplyDeletejus notice.... and open ears to everything. In other words shut up your too-busy-mind and .... listen:
https://media.sas.upenn.edu/pennsound/authors/Duncan/Lecture-Often-I-Am-59/Duncan-Robert_01_Complete-Reading_Discussion-of-Often-Meadow_SF-State_5-18-59.mp3