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A HISTORY OF ENGLISH VERSIFICATION
PREFACE
CONTENTS
LIST OF EDITIONS REFERRED TO
ERRATA
BOOK I. THE LINE
PART I. THE NATIVE METRE
CHAPTER I GENERAL INTRODUCTION TO THE SCIENCE OF METRE AND THE STRUCTURE OF VERSE
CHAPTER II THE ALLITERATIVE VERSE IN OLD ENGLISH
Analysis of the verse types.
The Principles of Alliteration.
The Lengthened Verse
Formation of Stanzas and Rhyme.
CHAPTER III THE FURTHER DEVELOPMENT OF THE FREER FORM OF THE ALLITERATIVE LINE IN LATE OLD ENGLISH AND EARLY MIDDLE ENGLISH
A. Transitional Forms.
B. The ‘Proverbs of Alfred’ and Layamon’s ‘Brut’.
C. The progressive form of the alliterative line, rhymed throughout. ‘King Horn.’
CHAPTER IV THE ALLITERATIVE LINE IN ITS CONSERVATIVE FORM DURING THE FOURTEENTH AND FIFTEENTH CENTURIES
A. The alliterative verse without rhyme.
B. The alliterative line combined with rhyme
C. Revival of the old four-beat alliterative verse in the Modern English period.
PART II. FOREIGN METRES
DIVISION I. The Foreign Metres in General CHAPTER V. INTRODUCTION
CHAPTER VI VERSE-RHYTHM
CHAPTER VII THE METRICAL TREATMENT OF SYLLABLES
CHAPTER VIII WORD-ACCENT
I. Word-accent in Middle English.
II. Word-accent in Modern English
DIVISION II Verse-forms Common to the Middle and Modern English Periods CHAPTER IX LINES OF EIGHT FEET, FOUR FEET, TWO FEET, AND ONE FOOT
CHAPTER X THE SEPTENARY, THE ALEXANDRINE, AND THE THREE-FOOT LINE
CHAPTER XI THE RHYMED FIVE-FOOT VERSE
DIVISION III Verse-forms Occurring in Modern English Poetry Only
CHAPTER XII BLANK VERSE
CHAPTER XIII TROCHAIC METRES
CHAPTER XIV IAMBIC-ANAPAESTIC AND TROCHAIC-DACTYLIC METRES
I. Iambic-anapaestic Metres.
II. Trochaic-dactylic Metres
CHAPTER XV NON-STROPHIC, ANISOMETRICAL COMBINATIONS OF RHYMED VERSE
CHAPTER XVI IMITATIONS OF CLASSICAL FORMS OF VERSE AND STANZA
BOOK II. THE STRUCTURE OF STANZAS
PART I
CHAPTER I. DEFINITIONS STANZA, RHYME, VARIETIES OF RHYME
CHAPTER II THE RHYME AS A STRUCTURAL ELEMENT OF THE STANZA
PART II STANZAS COMMON TO MIDDLE AND MODERN ENGLISH, AND OTHERS FORMED ON THE ANALOGY OF THESE
CHAPTER III BIPARTITE EQUAL-MEMBERED STANZAS
I. Isometrical stanzas.
II. Anisometrical Stanzas.
CHAPTER IV ONE-RHYMED INDIVISIBLE AND BIPARTITE UNEQUAL-MEMBERED STANZAS
I. One-rhymed and indivisible stanzas.
II. Bipartite unequal-membered isometrical stanzas.
III. Bipartite unequal-membered anisometrical stanzas.
CHAPTER V TRIPARTITE STANZAS
I. Isometrical stanzas.
II. Anisometrical stanzas.
PART III MODERN STANZAS AND METRES OF FIXED FORM ORIGINATING UNDER THE INFLUENCE OF THE RENASCENCE, OR INTRODUCED LATER
CHAPTER VI STANZAS OF THREE AND MORE PARTS CONSISTING OF UNEQUAL PARTS ONLY
CHAPTER VII THE SPENSERIAN STANZA AND FORMS DERIVED FROM IT
CHAPTER VIII THE EPITHALAMIUM STANZA AND OTHER ODIC STANZAS
CHAPTER IX THE SONNET
CHAPTER X OTHER ITALIAN AND FRENCH POETICAL FORMS OF A FIXED CHARACTER
NOTES
Transcriber’s Notes
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