By Nigel Fabb
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The 1st ebook to provide a common linguistic concept of poetic meter.
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We state the grouping rules for this poem in (33). (33) a. Gridline 0: starting just / one asterisk in at the R edge, insert a R parenthesis, form ternary groups, heads R. 22 A theory of poetic meter i. Incomplete groups are admitted. ii. Ungrouped asterisks are admitted. b. Gridline 1: starting just at the R edge, insert a R parenthesis, form ternary groups, heads R. i. Incomplete groups are admitted. It will be noticed that the rules for the two Gridlines in (33) are almost identical. This is not always the case as will become evident below, where meters of greater variety are discussed.
Gridline 1: starting just at the L edge, insert a L parenthesis, form binary groups, heads L. The fourth and last type of elementary meter is iambic meter, illustrated in (44) (44) Thou sorrow, venom elf: )∗ ∗)∗ ∗) )∗ ∗) ∗ ∗ ∗) ∗) ∗) ∗ 0 1 2 3 ⇐ ⇐ ⇐ 0 1 2 3 ⇐ ⇐ ⇐ 0 1 2 3 ⇐ ⇐ ⇐ 0 1 2 3 ⇐ ⇐ ⇐ 0 1 2 3 ⇐ ⇐ ⇐ Is this thy play, ∗) )∗ )∗ ∗ ∗) ∗) ∗) ∗ To spin a web out of thyself )∗ ∗) ∗ )∗ ∗) ∗) )∗ ∗ ∗) ∗ ∗ ∗) ∗) ∗) ∗ To catch a fly? )∗ ∗) )∗ ∗ ∗) ∗) ∗) ∗ For why? )∗ ∗) ∗) ∗) ∗ Edward Taylor, ‘Upon a Spider Catching a Fly’ stanza 28 A theory of poetic meter The lines in (44) vary in length from having four groups on Gridline 0 to one group, in the pattern 3–2–4–2–1.
We have seen two such conditions so far: condition (11) which is found in all meters requires that there be one asterisk on the final Gridline, and condition (25) which is specific to English requires that all maxima be projected to Gridline 1. Given that 20 A theory of poetic meter there are many possible sets of rules which might in principle generate a grid from a Gridline, how is the right set of rules chosen? The answer is that the right set of rules is chosen by trial and error, such that a line is assigned a grid which satisfies the conditions.
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