Includes bibliographical references (pages 203-212) and index.
Contents
Prosody as a study -- Poetry and verse -- Syllables: color, stress, quantity, pitch -- Foot -- Line -- Accentual and syllabic verse -- Meter and rhythm -- Uses of meter -- Tempo -- Rhyme -- Uses of rhyme -- Stanza -- Stanza forms -- Sonnet -- Blank verse -- Free verse -- Classical prosody -- Prosody and period -- Scansions and comments.
Summary
A practical guide to versification: filled with examples from English and American poets of many periods.
