Afterword on Rupert Brooke
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Afterword on Rupert Brooke is a poem by F. T. Prince
published in 1976. Prince's note on the poem states "The verse is syllabic
, in a measure of twelve syllables devised by Robert Bridges
." He is referring to Bridges' Neo-Miltonic Syllabics
. Prince writes that Bridges' poem Poor Poll
was his first illustration of the meter's potentialities, and remains the best guide to its structure. He also states that he allowed himself fewer elisions
than did Bridges in the later and more famous example of the meter The Testament of Beauty (1930), and that he aimed for a "greater variety of rhythm" than displayed in Bridges' poem.
F. T. Prince
Frank Templeton Prince was a British poet and academic, known generally for his best-known poem Soldiers Bathing, written during the Second World War in 1942, which has been frequently included in anthologies....
published in 1976. Prince's note on the poem states "The verse is syllabic
Syllabic verse
Syllabic verse is a poetic form having a fixed number of syllables per line regardless of the number of stresses that are present. It is common in languages that are syllable-timed, such as Japanese or modern French or Finnish — as opposed to stress-timed languages such as English, in which...
, in a measure of twelve syllables devised by Robert Bridges
Robert Bridges
Robert Seymour Bridges, OM, was a British poet, and poet laureate from 1913 to 1930.-Personal and professional life:...
." He is referring to Bridges' Neo-Miltonic Syllabics
Neo-Miltonic Syllabics
Neo-Miltonic Syllabics is a group of poems written by Robert Bridges between 1921 and 1925, and collected in his book New Verse . The poems are based on a syllabic meter, which Bridges arrived at through his detailed analysis of Milton's poems, which is explained in detail in his book Milton's...
. Prince writes that Bridges' poem Poor Poll
Poor Poll
Poor Poll is a poem written by Robert Bridges in 1921, and first collected in his book New Verse . The poem is the first example of Bridges' Neo-Miltonic Syllabics....
was his first illustration of the meter's potentialities, and remains the best guide to its structure. He also states that he allowed himself fewer elisions
Robert Bridges' Theory of Elision
Robert Bridges' Theory of Elision is a theory of elision developed by the poet Robert Bridges, while he was working on a prosodic analysis of John Milton's poems Paradise Lost, Paradise Regained, and Samson Agonistes. Bridges describes his theory in thorough detail in his 1921 book Milton's Prosody...
than did Bridges in the later and more famous example of the meter The Testament of Beauty (1930), and that he aimed for a "greater variety of rhythm" than displayed in Bridges' poem.