[New-Poetry] Questions on form

[jfq at myuw.net]

well, not wanting to overstate the case, obviously they matter. but i think only as a tertiary concern when compared to the relative pattern of weights and stresses and also the fact of various forms of silence and pauses that are generally unaccounted for, but hugely influential in the rhythm of verse. account for that, and if there are no irregularities there, then sure, you might turn to syllable count to smooth wrinkles.


On Wed, 2 Jan 2008, Robin Hamilton wrote:

> From: <jfq at myuw.net>
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>> But in any case, this is all drifting from my point which is I don't think 
>> syllable counts matter all that much in English verse ...
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> _Doctor Faustus_, Scene V, line 118 somehow springs to mind in this context.
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