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ENGLISH VERSE
PREFACE
CONTENTS
PART ONE
ENGLISH VERSE
I. ACCENT AND TIME
A.—KINDS OF ACCENT
B.—TIME-INTERVALS
FOOTNOTES:
II. THE FOOT AND THE VERSE
COMBINATIONS AND SUBSTITUTIONS
FOOTNOTES:
III. THE STANZA
TERCETS
QUATRAINS
REFRAIN STANZAS
FOOTNOTES:
IV. TONE-QUALITY
A. AS A STRUCTURAL ELEMENT
B. AS A SPORADIC ELEMENT (TONE-COLOR)
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PART TWO
I. FOUR-STRESS VERSE
A.—NON-SYLLABLE-COUNTING
B.—SYLLABLE-COUNTING (OCTOSYLLABIC COUPLET)
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II. FIVE-STRESS VERSE
A.—THE DECASYLLABIC COUPLET
B.—BLANK VERSE
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III. SIX-STRESS AND SEVEN-STRESS VERSE
A.—THE ALEXANDRINE (IAMBIC HEXAMETER)
B.—THE SEPTENARY
C.—THE "POULTER'S MEASURE."
IV. THE SONNET
A.—THE REGULAR (ITALIAN) SONNET
B.—THE ENGLISH (SHAKSPERIAN) SONNET
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V. THE ODE
A.—REGULAR PINDARIC
B.—IRREGULAR (COWLEYAN)
C.—CHORAL
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VI. IMITATIONS OF CLASSICAL METRES
A.—LYRICAL MEASURES
B.—DACTYLIC HEXAMETER
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VII. IMITATIONS OF ARTIFICIAL FRENCH LYRICAL FORMS
A.—THE BALLADE
B.—THE RONDEAU AND RONDEL
C.—THE VILLANELLE
D.—THE TRIOLET
E.—THE SESTINA
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PART THREE
THE TIME-ELEMENT IN ENGLISH VERSE[49]
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PART FOUR
THE PLACE AND FUNCTION OF THE METRICAL ELEMENT IN POETRY
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APPENDIX
TABLE ILLUSTRATING THE HISTORY OF THE HEROIC COUPLET
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INDEX
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