Four-syllabled line, 26.

Free verse, see Libres.

Glose, 82-84.

Grâce(s), 69.

Grammar (poetical), 1, 69–74.
Guère(s), 70.

Hemistich, definition, 12; what
Boileau thinks of it, 12; Vol-
taire, 12; Hugo, 20; and
passim.

Heterostichic, 90, 78-83, and
Preface.

Hiatus, 37-43. Explanation,
37; allowed in Old and Mid-
die French, 37; definition,
38; rule, 38; exceptions to
the rule, 38, 39, 40; inherent
weakness of the rule, 40;
when allowed in Modern
French, 40 and 41; new
rule given by A. Boschot
and Sully-Prudhomme, 42;
hiatus in Rostand's plays,
43 and n. 1; in Namouna,
43.

Hier, mono- or dis-syllabic, 9.
Huitain, 88 and 89.

Iambe, 81.

Inversion, 72, 73. Normal in
Old French, 72; when to be
avoided in Modern French
poetry, 73; strictly forbidden
by Théodore de Banville, 74.
Isostichic, 90, 78-93, and Pre-
face.

Jusque(s), 69.

Lai, 93, 102-107.
Laisse, 44; masculine, femi-

nine, 44, 45.
Libres (vers); Lafontaine, 75-
78; Corneille, 75-75; Flo-
rian, La Motte, Marmontel,
Molière, Musset, Quinault,
Racine, Richepin, Rous-
seau, Voltaire, 74.

Definition,

Reçoi, 69.
Remord, 71.
Rhyme, 45-64.
45; masculine, feminine, 58,
suffisante, riche, 48; cou-
ronnée, empérière, équivo-
quée, 48-52; fratrisée, an-
nexée, batelée, 49; brisée,
en écho, rétrograde, 50;
Kyrielle, 51; léonine, 51;
accidental in laisses asso-
nancées, 45; alternation of
rhymes, 52, 55; Ronsard's
rule, 58; exceptions, 59; ar-
rangement of rhymes, 55-58;
plates or suivies, 55; croi-

Sestina, III, 112.

Seven-syllabled line, 25-26.

re-

Si, meaning if followed by
subj., 72.
Sixain, 86, 87.
Six-syllabled line, 26.
Sixtine, III, 112.
Sonnet, 113-117; history, 113,
114, 116; rules, 116-117; re-
gular, irregular, 116, 117.
Stanza, 78-117; isostichic, he-
terostichic, 1, 78-93; 2-lined,
78, 79; 3-lined, 8; 4-lined,
80, 81; 5-lined, 86; 6-lined,
86, 87; 7-lined, 87, 88; 8-lined,

Augier, Émile, 4, 62, 71.

Baïf, J. Antoine, 7, 125.
Banville, Théodore de, 11, 20,
35, 52, 53, 59, 62, 68, 74, 84,
85.
Baudelaire, Charles, 54.
du Bellay, 28.
Benserade, 83, 84.

Boileau, 12, 13, 28, 29, 38, 40,
41, 42, 52, 69, 70, 73, 87.
Boschot, A., 42, 43, 62.

Cambrai, Raoul de, 23, 45, 46.
Chartier, Alain, 103, 104, 105,
106, 107, 108.

Chénier, André, 2, 3, 4, 16, 17,
18, 32, 33, 35, 36, 41, 52, 66,
67, 68, 70, 72, 73, 81, 92,
93.

Coppée, François, 20, 62.
Corneille, Pierre, 41, 59, 60,
75, 76, 82.

Daudet, Alphonse, 89.
Désaugiers, 82.
Desportes, 6.

Dupont, Gracien, 51.

l'Espinay, de, 97.

Fouquières, Becq de, 68.
France, Anatole, 12.

Gautier, Théophile, 54, 57,
68, 94.
Gramont, III.

Hérédia, J. M. de, 35, 54, 115.
Hugo, Victor, 4, 5, 6, 18, 19,
20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 26, 27, 33,
34, 35, 39, 41, 42, 53, 61, 62,
65, 66, 67, 68, 71, 72, 73, 74,
86, 88, 91, 93.

Kahn, Gustave, 47, 68.

La Fontaine, 13, 25, 26, 30,
31, 32, 39, 41, 55, 56, 57, 58,
59, 70, 72, 73, 75, 76, 77.
Lamartine, 91, 92.
Lebrun, 79, 80, 91.
Linfortuné, 49.

Lisle, Leconte de, 35, 36, 54,
68, 73.

Malherbe, 28, 29, 37, 38, 52.
Mallarmé, 55.

Marguerite d'Angoulême, 28.
Marmontel, 121.

Marot, Clement, 28, 48, 49,
50, 51, 58, 89, 98, 99, 100,
IOI, 102.

Mendès, Catulle, 54.
Mikael, 23.

Molière, 14, 15, 16, 30, 39 40,
46, 62, 71, 75, 76, 118, 119.
Moréas, Jean, 12, 20, 21.
Mourgues le Père, 83, 108,
109, 110, III.

Musset, Alfred de, 5, 43, 122.

d'Olivet, Fabre, 121, 122.
d'Orléans, Charles, 24, 96, 97.