PART ONE
ENGLISH VERSE
I. ACCENT AND TIME
II. THE FOOT AND THE VERSE
III. THE STANZA
IV. TONE-QUALITY
PART TWO
I. FOUR-STRESS VERSE
II. FIVE-STRESS VERSE
III. SIX-STRESS AND SEVEN-STRESS VERSE
IV. THE SONNET
V. THE ODE
VI. IMITATIONS OF CLASSICAL METRES
VII. IMITATIONS OF ARTIFICIAL FRENCH LYRICAL FORMS
PART THREE
THE TIME-ELEMENT IN ENGLISH VERSE [49]
PART FOUR
THE PLACE AND FUNCTION OF THE METRICAL ELEMENT IN POETRY
APPENDIX
TABLE ILLUSTRATING THE HISTORY OF THE HEROIC COUPLET
INDEX
