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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