A Handbook of Modern English Metre (Classic Reprint)
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Excerpt from A Handbook of Modern English Metre It is for this public I desire to provide, if possible, a clear and simple guide to metre, not hampered by the rigid rules of Pope and Johnson, but elastic enough to embrace the careless measures of the old ballads or drama, as well as the latest experiments of the twentieth century. Some may perhaps think that I have allowed too much space to the examination of these exceptional metres, which after all form a very small fraction of the great body of English poetry; but I was desirous to prove to myself and others that the system which I have followed was able to give a scientific explanation of anything which deserved to be called metrical, as well as to unmask at once any false pretenders to that title. I venture to indulge the hope that my book may be found convenient as a handbook for those who have not had a training in metre through the practice of Greek and Latin versification, and that it may be a useful substitute for the latter in schools of the more modern type. With this view I have added Exercises at the end of the chapters, to show how the study of metre may be made a means of training and testing the mental powers. These exercises are of course merely specimens, which may be multiplied to any extent by the teacher. One reason why I have thought it advisable to bring out such a book at the present time is because I think it must be felt by all educated men that the present is a very critical time in the history of education. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
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