Tudor Versification and the Rise of Iambic Pentameter

Jeff Dolven

doi:10.1002/9781444317213.ch23

Tudor Versification and the Rise of Iambic Pentameter

Jeff Dolven

English

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Original language	English (US)
Title of host publication	A Companion to Tudor Literature
Publisher	Wiley-Blackwell
Pages	364-380
Number of pages	17
ISBN (Print)	9781405154772
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1002/9781444317213.ch23
State	Published - Jan 18 2010

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General Arts and Humanities

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Establishing iambic pentameter as standard line in English poetry - the standard Gascoigne
First four lines of "Gascoigne's Woodmanship" - accomplishing the alignment
Four-stress line - mainstay of English poetry and ballad stanzas
Iamb, attaining maximum authority over English verse
Metrical contract and poetic license
Native, continental, and classical verse traditions
Opening line of lyric - "They flee from me" scanning a good iambic pentameter
Quantitative verse
Relations between poetic theory and practice over the sixteenth century
Tudor versification and rise of iambic pentameter

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