Tahiti has a rich history of oral tradition. Early visitors to the island transcribed recitations of myth, battle address, and land description. Until now their poetic organization has remained unexplored. From a computationally assisted analysis, this book describes early use of meter and parallelism and speculates on manner of composition. It sheds light on a poetic style unanticipated for Polynesia and remarkable among world poetries.
- ISBN10 1614513759
- ISBN13 9781614513759
- Publish Date 27 November 2013 (first published 30 October 2013)
- Publish Status Active
- Publish Country US
- Publisher De Gruyter
- Imprint De Gruyter Mouton
- Format eBook
- Pages 461
- Language English
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