A statistical approach to the classification of Russian non-classical meters (a case study of Joseph Brodsky’s so-called “blank accentual verse”).


2016. №4, 112-133

Alexander M. Levashov a, @, Alexander V. Prokhorov b
a Russian State University for the Humanities, Moscow, 125267, Russian Federation;
b Lomonosov Moscow State University, Moscow, 119991, Russian Federation;
@ alexanderlevashoff@gmail.com

Abstract:

The distribution of non-stressed intervals (the interval grid) is analyzed in 25 blank poems by Joseph Brodsky, which do not fit into the templates of classical accentual-syllabic meters. The poems are divided into groups according to interval grid structure. Metrical features of each group are described.

Keywords
accentual verse
blank verse
Brodsky J.
dolnik
metrics
Russian poetry
statistical methods
verse