I. FOUR-STRESS VERSE 151
A.--Non-syllable-counting 151
B.--Syllable-counting (Octosyllabic Couplet) 160
II. FIVE-STRESS VERSE 174
A.---The Decasyllabic Couplet 174
B.--Blank Verse 213
III. SIX-STRESS AND SEVEN-STRESS VERSE 252
A.--The Alexandrine (Iambic Hexameter) 252
B.--The Septenary 259
C.--The "Poulter's Measure" 265
IV. THE SONNET 267
A.--The Regular (Italian) Sonnet 270
B.--The English (Shaksperian) Sonnet 290
V. THE ODE 298
A.--Regular Pindaric 299
B.--Irregular (Cowleyan) 307
C.--Choral 323
VI. IMITATIONS OF CLASSICAL METRES 330
A.--Lyrical Measures 331
B.--Dactylic Hexameter 340
VII. IMITATIONS OF ARTIFICIAL FRENCH LYRICAL FORMS 358
A.--The Ballade 360
B.--The Rondeau and Rondel 368
i. "Rondel" type 369
ii. "Rondeau" type 371
C.--The Villanelle 376
D.--The Triolet 381
E.--The Sestina 383