211.
Elegiac verse; the minor Asclepiad; the six-foot iambic line; Phaleuciac verse; Hendecasyllabics; rhymed Choriambics
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212.
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Classical stanzas:—the Sapphic metre; the Alcaic metre; Anacreontic stanzas
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266
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213.
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Other imitations of classical verses and stanzas without rhyme
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267
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BOOK II THE STRUCTURE OF STANZAS
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PART I
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CHAPTER I. DEFINITIONS
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STANZA, RHYME, VARIETIES OF RHYME
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214.
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Structure of the stanza
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270
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215.
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Influence of lyrical forms of Provence and of Northern France on Middle English poetry
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271
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216.
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Classification of rhyme according to the number of the rhyming syllables: (1) the monosyllabic or masculine rhyme; (2) the disyllabic or feminine rhyme; (3) the trisyllabic, triple, or tumbling rhyme
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272
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217.
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Classification according to the quality of the rhyming syllables: (1) the rich rhyme; (2) the identical rhyme; (3) the broken rhyme; (4) the double rhyme; (5) the extended rhyme; (6) the unaccented rhyme
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273
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218.
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Classification according to the position of the rhyming syllables: (1) the sectional rhyme; (2) the inverse rhyme; (3) the Leonine rhyme or middle rhyme; (4) the interlaced rhyme; (5) the intermittent rhyme; (6) the enclosing rhyme; (7) the tail-rhyme
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219.
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Imperfect or ‘eye-rhymes’
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CHAPTER II
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THE RHYME AS A STRUCTURAL ELEMENT OF THE STANZA
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220.
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Formation of the stanza in Middle English and Romanic poetry
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279
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221.
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Rhyme-linking or ‘concatenation’ in Middle English
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280
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222.
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The refrain or burthen; the wheel and the bob-wheel
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280
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223.
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Divisible and indivisible stanzas
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281
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224.
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Bipartite equal-membered stanzas
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282
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225.
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Bipartite unequal-membered stanzas
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282
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226.
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Tripartite stanzas
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227.
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Specimens illustrating tripartition
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284
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228.
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The envoi
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286
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229.
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Real envois and concluding stanzas
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PART II. STANZAS COMMON TO MIDDLE AND MODERN ENGLISH, AND OTHERS FORMED ON THE ANALOGY OF THESE
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CHAPTER III
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BIPARTITE EQUAL-MEMBERED STANZAS
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I. Isometrical Stanzas.
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§
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230.
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Two-line stanzas
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231.
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Four-line stanzas, consisting of couplets
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288
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232.
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The double stanza (eight lines of the same structure)
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289
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233.
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Stanzas of four isometrical lines with intermittent rhyme
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290
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234.
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Stanzas of eight lines resulting from this stanza by doubling
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290
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235.
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Stanzas developed from long-lined couplets by inserted rhyme
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291
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236.
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Stanzas of eight lines resulting from the four-lined, cross-rhyming stanza and by other modes of doubling
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237.
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Other examples of doubling four-lined stanzas
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238.
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Six-lined isometrical stanzas
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239.
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Modifications of the six-lined stanza; twelve-lined and sixteen-lined stanzas
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295
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II. Anisometrical Stanzas.
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240.
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Chief species of the tail-rhyme stanza
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241.
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Enlargement of this stanza to twelve lines
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