First Published 1920

Reprinted 1969

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A STUDY OF METRE

BY

T. S. OMOND

"The ear is a rational sense, and a chief judge of proportion.”—
THOS. CAMPION.

"A dunce like myself measures verse... by ear and not by
finger."-A. C. SWINBURNE.

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CHAP.

CONTENTS

INTRODUCTORY

I. THE "PERIOD "-TIME AND PAUSE.

II.

THE "PERIOD "-ACCENT.

III. THE "PERIOD"-QUANTITY

IV. DUPLE METRE (GENERAL)

V. DUPLE METRE (SPECIAL).

VI. TRIPLE Metre .

VII. QUADRUPLE METRE, ETC..

VIII.

EXEMPLIFICATIONS OF METHOD

APPENDIX: PSEUDO-CLASSICAL MEASURES

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