Mason Carter | Author

Table of Contents O nce syllables, stresses, and feet are clearly heard, the next step is to recognize the major metrical patterns that Eng…

Table of Contents E very metrical system begins with the smallest units of spoken language. In English those units are the syllable , the s…

Table of Contents P rosody is not a single system invented by English poets and then exported to the rest of the world. It is a family of r…

Table of Contents M any beginning poets believe that technical craft is the enemy of authenticity. They fear that attention to meter, sound…

Table of Contents P rosody is the disciplined study of how poems sound when spoken or read aloud, and of how that sound interacts with stru…