CHAPTER V

TRIPARTITE STANZAS

I. ISOMETRICAL STANZAS.

§ 267. Six-lined stanzas 326 268. Seven-lined stanzas; the Rhyme Royal stanza 327 269. Eight-lined stanzas 329 270. Nine-lined stanzas 330 271. Ten-lined stanzas 331 272. Eleven-, twelve-, and thirteen-lined stanzas 332

II. ANISOMETRICAL STANZAS.

273-4. Six-lined stanzas 333 275. Seven-lined stanzas 335 276-8. Eight-lined stanzas 337 279. Nine-lined stanzas 339 280-1. Ten-lined stanzas 341 282. Eleven-lined stanzas 343 283. Twelve-lined stanzas 344 284. Thirteen-lined stanzas 345 285. Fourteen-lined stanzas 346 286. Stanzas of fifteen to twenty lines 347

=PART III. MODERN STANZAS AND METRES OF FIXED FORM ORIGINATING UNDER THE INFLUENCE OF THE RENASCENCE, OR INTRODUCED LATER=