| CHAP. | | PAGE | | | I. | Verse Generally, | 1 | | | II. | Classic Versification, | 8 | | | III. | Guides and Handbooks, | 16 | | | IV. | Of Feet and CÆsura, | 23 | | | V. | Of Metre and Rhythm, | 27 | | | VI. | Of Rhyme, | 44 | | | VII. | Of Figures, | 49 | | | VIII. | Of Burlesque and Comic Verse, and Vers de SociÉtÉ, | 54 | | | IX. | Of Song-writing, | 61 | | The Dictionary of Rhymes, | 65 | | | APPENDIX. | | | 1. | An Essay on English Versification, | 151 | | | 2. | Bysshe's "Rules for making English Verse," | 207 | | Chapter I.—Of the Structure of English Verses. | | | Sect. 1. | Of the several Sorts of Verses; and, first, of those of Ten Syllables: of the due Observation of the Accents, and of the Pause. | 209 | | | Sect. 2. | Of the other Sorts of Verses that are used in our Poetry. | 213 | | | Sect. 3. | Several Rules conducing to the Beauty of our Versification. | 215 | | | Sect. 4. | Doubts concerning the number of Syllables of certain Words. | 217 | | | Sect. 5. | Of the Elisions that are allowed in our Versification. | 219 | | | Chapter II.—Of Rhyme. | | | Sect. 1. | What Rhyme is, and the Several Sorts of it. | 223 | | | Sect. 2. | Of Double and Treble Rhyme. | 224 | | | Sect. 3. | Further Instructions concerning Rhyme. | 224 | | | Chapter III.—Of the Several Sorts of Poems, or Composition in Verse. | | | Sect. 1. | Of the Poems composed in Couplets. | 227 | | | Sect. 2. | Of the Poems composed in Stanzas; and, first, of the Stanzas consisting of Three, and of Four Verses. | 228 | | | Sect. 3. | Of the Stanzas of Six Verses. | 230 | | | Sect. 4. | Of the Stanzas of Eight Verses. | 231 | | | Sect. 5. | Of the Stanzas of Ten and of Twelve Verses. | 233 | | | Sect. 6. | Of the Stanzas that consist of an odd Number of Verses. | 234 | | | Sect. 7. | Of Pindaric Odes, and Poems in Blank Verse. | 236 |
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