Versification: Metrics in Practice. Frog, Satu Grünthal, Kati Kallio, Jarkko Niemi (eds.).Helsinki: Finnish Literary Society (Studia Fennica Litteraria 12), 2021
Like languages, folk metres develop through communication, and, dependent on the language used, t... more Like languages, folk metres develop through communication, and, dependent on the language used, they evolve hand in hand with changes in that language. Regional variation of metres draws a picture of the outcome of historical processes, and an analytical approach to this variation can give us, on the one hand, an idea of the reasons and triggers behind the metrical changes, and, on the other, can explain the peculiarities of metrical dialects. Current article explores these questions in the runosong tradition, the common Finnic singing culture, focusing on the role of quantity in the metre of the Seto runosong tradition of the southeast region of Estonia.
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