The shortest species: how the length of Russian poetry changed (1750–1921)
The paper studies long-term changes in the length of Russian poetry (1750–1921) to reveal the relation of poem length (counted in lines) to a poetic form and its evolution. The research has shown a dramatic decrease in the mean and median poetry lengths during the 19th century. This decrease was fol...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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University of Tartu Press
2017-08-01
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| Series: | Studia Metrica et Poetica |
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| Online Access: | https://ojs.utlib.ee/index.php/smp/article/view/13560 |