PART ONE

PAGE I. ACCENT AND TIME 3 A.--Kinds of Accent 3 B.--Time-intervals 11 i. Regular intervals between accents 12 ii. Irregular intervals 13 iii. Silent intervals (pauses) 16 II. THE FOOT AND THE VERSE 24 One-stress iambic 25 Two-stress iambic 26 Two-stress trochaic 27 Two-stress anapestic 28 Two-stress dactylic 30 Two-stress irregular 31 Three-stress iambic 32 Three-stress trochaic 33 Three-stress anapestic 34 Three-stress dactylic 37 Four-stress iambic 37 Four-stress trochaic 37 Four-stress anapestic 39 Four-stress dactylic 40 Five-stress iambic 41 Five-stress trochaic 41 Five-stress anapestic 42 Five-stress dactylic 42 Six-stress iambic 43 Six-stress trochaic 43 Six-stress anapestic 43 Six-stress dactylic 44 Seven-stress iambic 44 Seven-stress trochaic 45 Seven-stress anapestic 45 Seven-stress dactylic 46 Eight-stress iambic 46 Eight-stress trochaic 46 Eight-stress anapestic 48 Eight-stress dactylic 48 Combinations and Substitutions 49 i. Different feet regularly combined 49 ii. Individual feet altered 55 III. THE STANZA 62 Tercets 63 Quatrains 69 Refrain Stanzas 78 Various Stanza-forms abccb 91 ababb 91 aabbb 91 aabcdd 91 aaaabb 92 ababab 92 ababcc 92 ababbcc (Rime royal) 93 ababcca 95 ababccb 95 abababab 96 ababbaba 96 ababbcbc 96 ababccdd 97 abababcc (ottava rima) 98 aabaabbab 101 ababcccdd 101 ababbcbcc (Spenserian stanza) 102 abababccc 107 aabaabcc 107 ababbcbcdd 107 aabbbcc 108 ababababbcbc 108 aabccbddbeebffgggf 109 ababccdeed 111 aabccbddbeeb 111 abcbdcdceccce 112 IV. TONE-QUALITY 113 A.--As a Structural Element 113 i. Assonance 113 ii. Alliteration 116 iii. End-rime 121 Double and triple rime 128 Broken rime 131 Internal rime 132 B.--As a Sporadic Element (Tone-color) 135