Author: Unbegaun, Boris Ottokar [1898 - 1973]
Title: Russian Versification
Description: Oxford, Clarendon Press, (1963). Reprint. orig.cloth. 19x12cm, xiii,166 pp, Library rubberstamps to flyleaf, half-title & title-page. Bookplate. Inked classification number on spine.. Some minor rubbing. Card pocket to rear flyleaf. Good+. ¶ Contents: Syllabic verse: Pre-syllabic verse; syllabic verse proper; Syllabic-accentual verse- metrical structure: general principles; binary metres; ternary metres; Syllabic-accentual verse-secondary metrical elements: the opening of the line; the caesura; the end of the line; the number of the line; the number of feet in the line; tantza; Accentual verse: general remarks; purely accentual verse; Secondary rhythmic elements: phonetic elements; syntactical elements; the word and the rhythm;Rhyme: the principles of Russian rhyme; rhyme in syllabic poetry; standard rhyme; modern rhyme; unrhymed verse; bibliographical notes; index of poets; index of subject matter.

Keywords: Russian Poetics, Literary Language, Versification, Poetry, Metre Rhyme, Verse, , ,