BY

T. S. OMOND

“The ear is a rational sense, and a chief judge of pro-
portion.”—THOS. CAMPION.
“A dunce like myself measures verse ...

by ear and
not by finger."--A. C. SWINBURNE.

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UNVITY

FORNIA

LONDON

GRANT RICHARDS

CHISWICK PRESS : CHARLES WHITTINGHAM AND CO.

TOOKS COURT, CHANCERY LANE, LONDON.

CONTENTS

CHAP.

INTRODUCTORY

T. THE “PERIOD"_TIME AND PAUSE

II. THE “PERIOD”-ACCENT

III. THE “ PERIOD”-QUANTITY

WV. DUPLE METRE (GENERAL)

V. DUPLE METRE (SPECIAL)

VI. TRIPLE METRE

VII. QUADRUPLE METRE, ETC.

VIII. EXEMPLIFICATIONS OF METHOD

APPENDIX : PSEUDO-CLASSICAL MEASURES