The Sounds of Poetry Viewed as Music [#1000128]

Free Download The Sounds of Poetry Viewed as Music (Leonard Hastings Schoff Lectures) by Alfred Lerdahl
English | January 6, 2026 | ISBN: 0231221185, 0231221193, 9780231563604 | True EPUB | 200 pages | 5.2 MB
Poets, literary critics, and lovers of poetry often speak of the "music of poetry." The Sounds of Poetry Viewed as Music gives substance to the metaphor by building on recent research in linguistics and music theory to propose a theory of the sounds of poetry conceived in musical terms. It develops a rule-based methodology for assigning normative readings to the rhythms and contours of poetic lines. Each component of the theory is compared to earlier treatments both in traditional prosody and in generative metrics and intonational phonology. The theory's predictions correspond well to recorded readings by poets and actors. The book also advances an original hierarchical treatment of syllabic rhyme, alliteration, and assonance.