CHAPTER I. DEFINITIONS

STANZA, RHYME, VARIETIES OF RHYME

§ 214. Structure of the stanza 270 215. Influence of lyrical forms of Provence and of Northern France on Middle English poetry 271 216. Classification of rhyme according to the number of the rhyming syllables: (1) the monosyllabic or masculine rhyme; (2) the disyllabic or feminine rhyme; (3) the trisyllabic, triple, or tumbling rhyme 272 217. Classification according to the quality of the rhyming syllables: (1) the rich rhyme; (2) the identical rhyme; (3) the broken rhyme; (4) the double rhyme; (5) the extended rhyme; (6) the unaccented rhyme 273 218. Classification according to the position of the rhyming syllables: (1) the sectional rhyme; (2) the inverse rhyme; (3) the Leonine rhyme or middle rhyme; (4) the interlaced rhyme; (5) the intermittent rhyme; (6) the enclosing rhyme; (7) the tail-rhyme 276 219. Imperfect or 'eye-rhymes' 278