PART VI.

PROSODY.

630-632. Metre 499 633. Classical metres measured by quantities 500 634. English metre measured by accents 500 {xli} 635. Alliteration 500 636. Rhyme 501 637. Definition of Rhyme 503 638. Measures 503 639. Dissyllabic and trisyllabic 503 640. Dissyllabic measures 504 641. Trisyllabic measures 504 642. Measures different from feet 505 643. Couplets, stanzas, &c. 506 644, 645. Names of elementary metres 507, 508 646. Scansion 509 647. Symmetrical metres 509 648. Unsymmetrical metres 510 649. Measures of _one_ and of _four_ syllables 510 650. Contrast between English words and English metre 510 651-653. The classical metres as read by Englishmen 511, 512 654-657. Reasons against the classical nomenclature as applied to English metres 513-515 658-661. The classical metres metrical to English readers--why 515-517 662. Symmetrical metres 517 663. Unsymmetrical metres 517 664. Classical metres unsymmetrical 518 665-667. Conversion of English into classical metres 519, 520 668, 669. Caesura 520, 521 670-672. English hexameters, &c. 522-526 673. Convertible metres 526 674. Metrical and grammatical combinations 527 675. Rhythm 528 676, 677. Rhyme--its parts 529

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