The Shapes of Our Singing: A Comprehensive Guide to Verse Forms and Metres from Around the World
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In The Shapes of Our Singing Robin Skelton presents all the major and most of the minor verse forms from the poetic traditions of the entire world. Skelton gives a synopsis and list of rules for each form and brings each form to life with an original poem making this not only an invaluable resource but a moving testament to the poetic impulse. Featuring over 300 verse forms The Shapes of Our Singing is Robin Skeltons "magnus opus " the culmination of many years of research study and creative effort. -The first-ever true global description of verse forms. -Over 300 different forms described demonstrated and explained. -Sample cultures covered in this book: Classical Greek & Latin Italian English Czech Cornish Ethiopian Irish French German Hebrew Javanese Korean Japanese Latvian Mongolian Old Norse Persian Sanskrit Swahili Sumerian Spanish Welsh Thai and Yiddish. - Full metrical explanations. - Concise easy to understand descriptions of the verse forms. - Introduction note on selection and an explanation of terminology.
