Acknowledgments

Introduction

Part One: Iambic Verse

Metrical Norm and Rhythmical Modulation

Scansion and Metrical Variation

Principles of Scansion

The Principal Iambic Meters

The Three Common Metrical Variations in Iambic Verse: The Trochaic Substitution in the First Foot, the Mid-line Trochaic Substitution, and the Feminine Ending

Less Common Trochaic Substitutions and Trochees That Maybe Are Not Trochees

Loose Iambic---Iambic Verse with Anapestic Substitutions

Other Variants: Divided Lines, Clipped Lines, Broken-Backed Lines, and Feminine Caesuras

Additional Sources of Rhythmical Modulation, Including Enjambment, Caesural Pause, and Word Length

The Story of Elision, Including the Famous Rise, Troublesome Reign, and Tragical Fall of the Metrical Apostrophe

The Practice and Conventions of Elision

Elision and Changing Views about Syllable Count

How Real Is Elision? And What Are We, Finally, to Think of It?

Boundless Wealth from a Finite Store: Meter and Grammar

Part Two: Other Matters, Other Meters

Rhyme

The Background and History of Rhyme

The Two Common Types of Rhyme in English---Full and Partial---and some of Their Varieties

The Use of Rhyme

Stanzas

Trochaic and Trisyllabic Meters

Alternative Modes of Versification in English

Accentual Verse

Syllabic Verse

Free Verse

Imitation-Classical Verse

Notes

Glossary

Bibliography

Permissions and Copyrights

Index