CHAPTER VI

VERSE-RHYTHM

§ 82. Lines with and without diaeresis 135 83. Effect of diaeresis on modulation 136 84. Suppression of the anacrusis 137 85. Level stress, or 'hovering accent' 138 86. Absence of thesis in the interior of a line 139 87. Lengthening of a word by introduction of unaccented extra syllable 141 88. Inversion of rhythm 141 89. Disyllabic or polysyllabic thesis 143 90. Epic caesura 145 91. Double or feminine endings 146 92. Enjambement, or run-on line 147 93. Rhyme-breaking 148 94. Alliteration 149