136 Pages
by Routledge

136 Pages
by Routledge

136 Pages
by Routledge

First published in 1978, this work bridges the gap between the study of poetic form, which tends to isolate form from meaning and structural poetics, which tends to focus on meaning without considering the stanza’s impact. Beginning with an examination of the various definitions of the stanza, the book goes on to describe the many forms of the stanza and the different strategies by which poets... Read more

1. Definitions of the stanza 2. Stanza forms 3. Stanzaic unity 4. Stanza and Poetic Structure 5. Conclusion; Select bibliography; Index

Biography

Ernst Häublein