Chapter 5

I. FOUR-STRESS VERSE 151 A.--Non-syllable-counting 151 B.--Syllable-counting (Octosyllabic Couplet) 160 II. FIVE-STRESS VERSE 174 A.---The Decasyllabic Couplet 174 B.--Blank Verse 213 III. SIX-STRESS AND SEVEN-STRESS VERSE 252 A.--The Alexandrine (Iambic Hexameter) 252 B.--The Septenary 259 C.--The "Poulter's Measure" 265 IV. THE SONNET 267 A.--The Regular (Italian) Sonnet 270 B.--The English (Shaksperian) Sonnet 290 V. THE ODE 298 A.--Regular Pindaric 299 B.--Irregular (Cowleyan) 307 C.--Choral 323 VI. IMITATIONS OF CLASSICAL METRES 330 A.--Lyrical Measures 331 B.--Dactylic Hexameter 340 VII. IMITATIONS OF ARTIFICIAL FRENCH LYRICAL FORMS 358 A.--The Ballade 360 B.--The Rondeau and Rondel 368 i. "Rondel" type 369 ii. "Rondeau" type 371 C.--The Villanelle 376 D.--The Triolet 381 E.--The Sestina 383