48-   adopted and abandoned poetic forms by analyzing their narratives on
49:   rhythm. I explore the political salience of rhythmical transformations
50-   and argue that the secular has been a vital and complex force in the
51-   modern abandonment of metrical discipline. The secular affects how
52:   poets seek to modernize their rhythm, vocabulary, and relation to
53-   public. It also affects, I conclude, the ways in which anthropologists
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75:   Rhythm ; Transformation ; Modernization ; Poet ; Modernity ; Poetry ;
76-   Israel ; Palestine ; Near East ;