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Verš raného Karla Tomana
The verse of early Karel Toman

Author(s): Robert Kolár
Subject(s): Language and Literature Studies, Literary Texts, Poetry, Studies of Literature, Czech Literature, Philology, Theory of Literature
Published by: AV ČR - Akademie věd České republiky - Ústav pro českou literaturu

Summary/Abstract: Following on from work by Miloš Sedmidubský, this study deals with syllabic irregularity (heterogeneity) in Toman’s (and Vrchlický’s) verse. It focuses on Toman’s early work, analysing individual poems and collections (particularly Pohádky krve, Tales of Blood, 1898 and Torzo života, Torso of Life, 1902). The material base is made up of 350 poems, and the differences between individual sets are checked by means of statistical tests. Syllabic irregularity is expressed in terms of entropy.

  • Issue Year: 69/2021
  • Issue No: 1
  • Page Range: 33-53
  • Page Count: 20
  • Language: Czech