English Verse: Theory and History

Author / Editor
Tarlinskaja, Marina.

Title
English Verse: Theory and History

Published
The Hague: Mouton, 1976.

Description
Chaucer's own verses are interpreted, as are fourteenth-century pre-Chaucerian romances, according to two syllabic variants "pre-Chaucerian," in which the final -"e" is counted, and "Chaucerian," in which the final -"e" is counted only when required by the rhythmic-syllabic structure of the line. Chaucer's poetry shows a new and better organization of syllabic material in a line, and even his early poetry can be called syllabo-tonic.

Chaucer Subjects
Style and Versification.