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К структуре английской поэзии нонсенса
On the Structure of English "Nonsense Poetry"

Author(s): Dmitry Mikhailovich Segal, Tatyana V. Tsivyan
Subject(s): Studies of Literature, Theory of Literature
Published by: Tartu Ülikooli Kirjastus
Keywords: English poetry; "nonsense poetry"; verse; limericks;

Summary/Abstract: The authors attempt to analyse English limericks (mainly those by Edward Lear). The relevant content and formal features of a limerick are elicited and its pattern is described. The description is formulated as a set of synthesis rules.

  • Issue Year: 2/1965
  • Issue No: 1
  • Page Range: 320-329
  • Page Count: 10
  • Language: Russian