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The paper contains the first attempt to analyze the quantitative structure of the Estonian literary syllabic-accentual verse; it has never been posed as an issue before. The analysis comprised 20 prominent authors and more than 9000 verse lines. In order to find out which regularities are specific to poetry in general or to a particular poet, these data were compared to that of pseudotrochees extracted from prose. The performed study showed that, first, quantity plays important role as well in syllabic-accentual verse, the indices of verse being considerably different from that of pseudoverse. Second, the tendencies in quantitative structure are in good correlation with that in accentual rhythm. Third, just like in the case of accentual rhythm, the quantitative rhythm allows the clear distinction between two groups of poets, whom we conditionally call Traditionalists and Modernists. seda tunnete ("Matuse kell" [Funeral bell]).In the second line the word 'kas' is of the second duration, as well as 'ka', the emphasis of which is expressed with expanded spacing.

Abstract. This paper is part of a project aimed to analyse the rhythm of Estonian binary verse metres. It is the first complex analysis of Estonian syllabic-accentual iamb. The analysis is comprised of poetry by 20 prominent authors from the end of the 19th century and the beginning of the 20th century, and, all in all, more than 9000 verse lines. In order to find out which regularities are specific to poetry in general or to a particular poet, these data were compared with pseudoiambic segments extracted from prose. Differently from the earlier studies, stress is treated as a phenomenon of gradation, with altogether five different degrees of stress distinguished. The performed study showed that the rhythmical structure of iambic poems allows the clear distinction between two groups of poets, whom we conditionally call Traditionalists and Modernists.

Für hilfreiche Hinweise sowie für die Sprachkorrektur sind wir Walther Ludwig (Hamburg) herzlich dankbar. 1 In seiner Liste der in der Forschungsliteratur behandelten überlieferten lateinischen und deutschen poetischen Grabinschriften mit den Angaben der späteren Veröffentlichungen und Übersetzungen nennt Martin Klöker sechs poetische Inschriften aus der Periode 1549 bis zum Anfang des 17. Jahrhunderts. Allerdings sind die Gedichte an Fabian von Tiesenhausen und Gaspard de Coligny nur (aus den Ratsprotokollen bekannte) literarische Epitaphia und fanden sich kaum in Reval oder anderswo in

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