It may be, Robin, as she's been using it for some time now in her own
readings, not jnusdt in this latest book: Differentials.
It may never have taken off, as you said, but when she uses it it seems
to make sense to my reading ear/eye.
Doug
On 2-Aug-05, at 10:07 AM, Robin Hamilton wrote:
> From: "Douglas Barbour" <[log in to unmask]>
>
> <<
> I am reading the latest Perloff & in some of the essays she uses a
> system that allows for heavy, medium, low & no stress, so catches a bit
> more of the range in verse.
>>>
>
> Isn't this just the old Trager/Smith system, of four degrees of stress,
> going back to the fifties, Doug?
>
> There were reasons (I think) why it never really took off, and I doubt
> whether it can be resurrected fifty years on.
>
> But I don't know the Perloff book, so there may be more to it.
>
> Robin
>
>
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