CHAPTER III

ORIGINS OF LINES AND STANZAS

A. Lines.--I. Alliterative--II. "Short" Lines--III. Octosyllable--IV. Decasyllabic--V. Alexandrine--VI. Fourteener--VII. Doggerel--VIII. "Long" Lines. B. Stanzas, etc.--I. Ballad Verse--II. Romance-Six or _Rime Couée_--III. Octosyllabic and Decasyllabic Couplet--IV. Quatrain--V. _In Memoriam_ Metre--VI. Rhyme-Royal--VII. Octave--VIII. Spenserian--IX. Burns Metre--X. Other Stanzas 316