PREFACE

CONTENTS

PART ONE

IV. TONE-QUALITY

PART TWO I. FOUR-STRESS VERSE

PART THREE

PART FOUR

APPENDIX TABLE ILLUSTRATING THE HISTORY OF THE HEROIC COUPLET

INDEX

ENGLISH VERSE

SPECIMENS ILLUSTRATING ITS PRINCIPLES
AND HISTORY

CHOSEN AND EDITED
BY
RAYMOND MACDONALD ALDEN, PH.D.
Associate Professor in Leland Stanford Junior
University

NEW YORK

HENRY HOLT AND COMPANY

Copyright, 1903,
BY
HENRY HOLT & CO.

TO
my Father and Mother
WHO HAVE GIVEN
BOTH THE INSPIRATION AND THE OPPORTUNITY
FOR ALL MY STUDIES