Schallanalyse
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Schallanalyse "sound analysis,") was a method of poetic
analysis developed by the renowned philologist Eduard Sievers
, and described in detail in his book Ziele und Wege der Schallanalyse (1924). Sievers had previously developed a system of "five types"
to describe the rhythmic patterns found in Old English
and Old Saxon poetry, which had met with widespread acceptance. He then abandoned the five types in favor of his new model. Schallanalyse, however, proved difficult to understand for even the most intelligent people in his field and had very few adherents, usually people who worked with Sievers personally.
Poetic
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analysis developed by the renowned philologist Eduard Sievers
Eduard Sievers
Eduard Sievers was a philologist of the classical and Germanic languages. Sievers was one of the Junggrammatiker of the so-called "Leipzig School"...
, and described in detail in his book Ziele und Wege der Schallanalyse (1924). Sievers had previously developed a system of "five types"
Sievers' Theory of Anglo-Saxon Meter
Eduard Sievers developed a theory of the meter of Anglo-Saxon Alliterative verse. This most likely would have been the theory of Anglo-Saxon prosody that Ezra Pound would have been familiar with....
to describe the rhythmic patterns found in Old English
Old English language
Old English or Anglo-Saxon is an early form of the English language that was spoken and written by the Anglo-Saxons and their descendants in parts of what are now England and southeastern Scotland between at least the mid-5th century and the mid-12th century...
and Old Saxon poetry, which had met with widespread acceptance. He then abandoned the five types in favor of his new model. Schallanalyse, however, proved difficult to understand for even the most intelligent people in his field and had very few adherents, usually people who worked with Sievers personally.