dol'nik

[Tom Dolack]

Dear colleagues:

If I may enter my two cents on the dol'nik, I would say it depends on the
context. In reference to Russian poetry, "dol'nik" is usually used, but in
reference to, say, English poetry there are a few ways of doing it. Oddly
enoughy (or perhaps not) Old English poetry was written in a similar form
which is usually described as "normative syllabic prosody." Here the "pod"
(as in monopodic, dipodic etc..) is used, especially in reference to folk
poetry, and indicates the number of stresses per line.  Each line is called
a stich. I have also heard, in reference to Romantic poetry, that said poem
was written in X number of feet, or in pentameter, without the iambic,
trochaic or whatever. Turco in _The Book of Forms_ (21-37) goes into a lot
more detail for anyone interested in such things (doubtful, but you never
know).

hope that helps,

Tom Dolack
University of Oregon
Comp Lit/REESC





>From: Elena Mikhailik <E.Mikhailik at UNSW.EDU.AU>
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>Date: Sun, 15 Dec 2002 19:40:55 +1100
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>Dear colleagues,
>
>Could anybody help me with the English term for "dol'nik"?
>
>Regards,
>Elena Mikhailik
>
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