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Brooks, Martin
Notes and queries, 12/2020, Letnik: 67, Številka: 4Journal Article
Edward Thomas's (1878-1917) poem 'Words' (26-8 June, 1915) is an ars poetica written in 'Skeltonics', the accentual rhythm associated with the Tudor court poet John Skelton (c. 1463-1529). The Skeltonic is a short, seemingly formless line for lyric poetry, being 'generally homogenous in plan but susceptible of minor variations', as George Saintsbury wrote in his History of English Prosody (1906).1 It has between two and six syllables, which can have between two and four accents, and it is never cross-rhymed. Rather, it frequently involves extensive end rhyme, which appears in torrents with no clear regulating principle. Internal rhymes also contribute...
