In metrical poetry, however, poets don’t count the number of syllables in each line; they count the number of ‘stresses’. Within poetry the beat is the pattern of stresses within a line of ...

The book enphasizes the analysis using ordered rules and builds on SPE by incorporating lexical and metrical and prosodic analysis and the insights afforded by Lexical Phonology. It provides clear ...

Bidisha said: "Showing an astonishing formal and emotional range and a mastery of metrical, musical language, Smith's finely crafted poetry makes us look anew at the intertwined natures of ...