Poetry and Language: The Linguistics of Verse

Description

An accessible introduction to poetry's unusual uses of language that tackles a wide range of poetic features from a linguistic point of view. Equally appealing to the non-expert and more experienced student of linguistics, this book delivers an engaging and often witty summary of how we define what poetry is. 01.0_pp_i_ii_Poetry_and_Language 02.0_pp_iii_iii_Poetry_and_Language 03.0_pp_iv_iv_Copyright_page 04.0_pp_v_vi_Dedication 05.0_pp_vii_vii_Contents 06.0_pp_viii_viii_Illustrations 07.0_pp_ix_x_Acknowledgments 08.0_pp_1_15_Introduction 09.0_pp_16_57_Meter_and_the_Syllable 10.0_pp_58_85_Rhyme 11.0_pp_86_103_Onomatopoeia_and_Sound_Symbolism 12.0_pp_104_141_Unusual_Word_Order_and_Other_Syntactic_Quirks_in_Poetry 13.0_pp_142_194_The_Meaning_of_a_Poem 14.0_pp_195_237_Metaphor 15.0_pp_238_259_Translating_Poetry 16.0_pp_260_262_Quantity_and_Pitch_in_Greek_Verse 17.0_pp_263_269_Works_Cited 18.0_pp_270_276_Index