Musa Pedestris

Barry Baldwin, Vates, Journal of New Latin Poetry All composers of Latin verse should read Llewelyn Morgan's Musa Pedestris. It is quite simply the best book ever written on Latin metrics.

James Morwood, Journal of Classics Teaching This brilliant book will be of considerable interest to all readers of Roman poetry. Wielding a vast array of metrical scholarship and possessed of a fine literary sensibility ... splendidly presented.

Joshua T. Katz, Bryn Mawr Classical Review [a] seductively written book ... the prose is so stylish ... Morgan writes in beautiful, unpredictable waves

J.C McKeown, Times Literary Supplement Excellent and timely ... While there is much to be learned from the minutiae scattered throughout the book, Morgan's main mission is much more ambitious, for he argues that the poet's choice of metre is a catalyst, giving the alert reader certain specific expectations about the tone and content of the poem as a whole ... Although the book is written as a wake-up call to critics, Morgan presents his arguments in an admirably non-confrontational style, and is always aware of the subjectivity inherent and inevitable in his thesis.

David Butterfield, Journal of Roman Studies a rewarding and a genuine stimulus for future research. ... M's eloquent defence of why and how 'metre matters' can only be salutary to modern classical scholarship more broadly.

Richard F. Thomas, Phoenix Musa Pedestris is full of learning and contains much of value

Llewelyn Morgan is University Lecturer in Classical Languages and Literature, Oxford University and a Fellow of Brasenose College

Introduction: the iconography of metre; 1. The hendecasyllable: an abbreviated history; 2. Iambics: the short and the long of it; 3. 'Narrower circuits': the sapphic stanza; 4. The dactylic hexameter and its detractors; Conclusion