[New-Poetry] a dead ear for scansion

[Renee Ashley]

Hi Chris,

    Derek Attridge's POETIC RHYTHM: AN INTRODUCTION really helped me. It's 
the first thing I ever read that pointed out it wasn't as black and white as 
my teachers had indicated...

Renee
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From: "Chris Lott" <chris.lott at gmail.com>
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Subject: [New-Poetry] a dead ear for scansion


> Any pointers to good resources on scansion? It seems so subjective,
> yet so many people agree on example that clearly I am missing
> something. I need to study more, if only to determine if I really do
> have a completely dead ear.
>
> I didn't pay enough attention in school, though I do remember being
> baffled even then with so many examples that it felt I could easily
> scan in various, contradictory ways.
>
> c
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> Chris Lott
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