English Verse

Frontmatter -- TABLE OF CONTENTS -- FOREWORD -- INTRODUCTION -- Chapter 1. Verse and Syllable -- Chapter 2. Verse and Word Stress -- Chapter 3. Verse and Phrasal Stress -- Chapter 4. The Formation of English Syllabo-Tonic Poetry -- Chapter 5. A Typology of English Four-Ictic Verse -- Chapter 6. The Nondramatic Iambic Pentameter -- Chapter 7. The Dramatic Iambic Pentameter -- Chapter 8. The Transition from Iambics to Syllabics -- APPENDICES -- CONCLUSION -- REFERENCE OF TABLES -- REFERENCE OF FIGURES -- BIBLIOGRAPHY