Meter and Meaning: An Introduction to Rhythm in Poetry - Paperback

by Thomas Carper (Author), Derek Attridge (Author)

This is the only guide to meter you will ever need and a must-read for anyone who wants to study, write or better appreciate poetic texts.

Author Biography

Thomas Carper is the author of three volumes of metrical poetry including Distant Blue, recipient of the 2003 Richard Wilbur Award, Fiddle Lane and From Nature. He is Professor Emeritus of English at the University of Southern Maine. Derek Attridge is Professor of English at the University of York, UK. He is the author of the highly influential texts on beat prosody, The Rhythms of English Poetry and Poetic Rhythm: An Introduction and has also published books on literary theory, sixteenth-century poetry and twentieth-century fiction.