Meter in Poetry

Many of the great works of world literature are composed in metrical verse that is in lines which are measured and patterned. Meter in Poetry: A New Theory is the first book to present a single simple account of all known types of metrical verse which is illustrated with detailed analyses of poems in many languages including English Spanish Italian French classical Greek and Latin Sanskrit classical Arabic Chinese Vietnamese and Latvian. This outstanding contribution to the study of meter is aimed both at students and scholars of literature and languages as well as anyone interested in knowing how metrical verse is made.