Meter in english book description renowned poets and experts in metrics respond to robert wallaces pivotal essay which clarifies and simplifies methods of studying poetry. Meter in english a critical engagement link page citation david baker ed fayetteville the university of arkansas press 1996 xxiii 368 pp 3800 cloth 2000 paper prosodists like paleontologists come in two varieties there are the splitters who conceive of a new metrical form for every unusual poem or name a new species after every new bone and there are the lumpers who . Meter in english a critical engagement by baker david 1954 publication date 1996 topics poetry poets poetry literature classics criticism english poetics english language versification publisher fayetteville university of arkansas press collection inlibrary printdisabled internetarchivebooks china digitizing sponsor kahle austin foundation contributor internet archive . Start your review of meter in english a critical engagement write a review jul 21 2008 denis rated it really liked it shelves poetry read for class language grad school masters anthology literary criticism essays robert wallaces essay meter in english is admirable for its ambitious goal of creating harmony out of the chaos that clings to contemporary prosody and while he makes