Why do we often teach English poetic meter by the Greek terms iamb and trochee? How is our understanding of English meter influenced by the history of England's

Why do we often teach English poetic meter by the Greek terms iamb and trochee? How is our understanding of English meter influenced by the history of England's

Examines the departure from meter and rhyme in modern poetry and the increased use of free verse

The story of Eliot Ness, the legendary lawman who led the Untouchables, took on Al Capone, and saved a city’s soul As leader of an unprecedented crime-busting

What would English literary history look like if the unit of measure were not the political reign but the poetic tradition? The earliest poems in English were w