Klappentext Professor Harding assesses the rhythm in poetry and prose from a psychological standpoint. Zusammenfassung Critics take for granted the importance of rhythm in poetry and prose! above all its capacity for suggesting states of mind! especially emotional states. But they are seldom clear what range of effects rhythm can reasonably be credited with. Professor Harding views this and allied problems from a psychological standpoint. Inhaltsverzeichnis Preface; 1. The nature of rhythm; 2. Speech and the rhythm of verse; 3. Metrical set and rhythmical variation; 4. Effects of deviation from metre; 5. Rhythms of irregular verse; 6. Unsatisfactory rhythms; 7. Expressive effects of rhythm in verse; 8. Modes of energy release in rhythm; 9. Rhythms in prose; 10. Expressive effects of prose rhythm; 11. The gist; References; Index.

Klappentext

Professor Harding assesses the rhythm in poetry and prose from a psychological standpoint.

Zusammenfassung
Critics take for granted the importance of rhythm in poetry and prose, above all its capacity for suggesting states of mind, especially emotional states. But they are seldom clear what range of effects rhythm can reasonably be credited with. Professor Harding views this and allied problems from a psychological standpoint.

Inhalt

Preface; 1. The nature of rhythm; 2. Speech and the rhythm of verse; 3. Metrical set and rhythmical variation; 4. Effects of deviation from metre; 5. Rhythms of irregular verse; 6. Unsatisfactory rhythms; 7. Expressive effects of rhythm in verse; 8. Modes of energy release in rhythm; 9. Rhythms in prose; 10. Expressive effects of prose rhythm; 11. The gist; References; Index.