Modern Metrical Technique: As Illustrated by Ballad Meter (1700-1920)

accented anacrusis Ancient Mariner apostrophe ballad imitation ballad line Barrel Organ caesura Chapter characteristic Coleridge considered couplet difficulty dipodic ballad meter dipodic feet dipodic foot dipodic structure dipodic verse distinct eighteenth century enclitic English poetry English verse established example fact foot line forms of verse frequently full line half-lines important syllables internal rhyme King's Tragedy Kipling Kipling's language later lyrical metrical effect metrical foot metrical pause metrical scheme metrical stress metrical structure metrical variation metrist modern monosyllabic foot nature notation number of syllables occasional occur omission ordinary paused line percentage periodic style poems of Group poets practice preposition proclitic proportion of trisyllabic quatrain reader regular form regular lines regular trisyllabic verse represents rhyme scheme rhythm Rossetti secondary stress song Southey speech stanza stressed syllable syllabic regularity tion trisyllabic feet trisyllabic substitution trisyllable trochaic trochee type of line type of verse unstressed usage words writers