This study mainly addresses two questions: (i) what is the verse grammar that governs the modern speaker’s scansion of classical Chinese verse lines? (ii) how can his apparently intuitive judgment of metrical harmony of verse lines be accounted for in a principled way? For the first question, we have argued that the modern verse grammar represents the coexistence of five minimally different sub...

Most modern and post-modern poems have developed a post-metrical idea of lyrical prosody that employs rhythmical features of everyday language and prose instead of a strict adherence to rhyme and metrical schemes. This development is subsumed under the term free verse prosody. We present our methodology for the large-scale analysis of modern and post-modern poetry in both their written form and...

In this paper we build on earlier observations and theory regarding word length frequency and sequential distribution to develop a mathematical characterization of some of the language features distinguishing isometrically lineated text from unlineated text, in other words the features distinguishing isometrical verse from prose. It is shown that the frequency of Qn of n syllables making comple...

It has been suggested by some recent exegetes that Matthew 22:14 may well have been a typical remark made by our Lord to bring to a conclusion any of the parables dealing with the messianic kingdom; that its position at the end of the Parable of the Wedding Feast may have been owing to the Evangelist himself. Be that as it may, we still have the difficulty of ex­ plaining the verse in some cont...

1Pevtro" de; pro;" aujtouv", Metanohvsate, [fhsivn,] kai; baptisqhvtw e{kasto" uJmw'n ejpi; tw'/ ojnovmati ’Ihsou' Cristou' eij" a[fesin tw'n aJmartiw'n uJmw'n kai; lhvmyesqe th;n dwrea;n tou' aJgivou pneuvmato". All translations are the author's own, unless otherwise noted. There are a few minor textual questions with this verse, none of which impacts significantly the debate on its interpreta...

We present work on a verse-composition assistant for composing, checking correctness of, and singing traditional Basque bertsoak—impromptu verses on particular themes. A performing bertsolari—a verse singer in the Basque Country—must adhere to strict rules that dictate the format and content of the verses sung. To help the aspiring bertsolari, we provide a tool that includes a web interface tha...

the household of the prophet (a) have played a significant role in explaining and interpreting the verses of qur'an. in addition to shia interpreters, sunni interpreters too have benefited much from these interpretations. they mostly refer to the virtues and the high status of the household (a) in their interpretations that show the elevated position of ahl al-bayt (as) in the interpretati...