The Science of English Verse

Charles Scribner's Sons, 1886. Hardcover. Very Good. 8vo 7.75 - 9.75'' tall. Hardcover. Book Condition: Very Good. Charles Scribner's Sons, 1886. Ex-Library, Usual Markings. 315 pages. Green cloth, beveled board edges, gold lettering.Nice Firm copy ! Light general wear. Size: 8vo 7.75 - 9.75'' tall. Contents: Investigation of Sound as Artistic Material; The Rhythms of English Verse: Of the Duration and Grouping of English Verse-Sounds; Special Discussion of the Relative Duration, or Quantity, of English Verse-Sounds, as Constituting Primary Rhythm; Of Secondary Rhythm: Its Nature and Causes. Of 3-Rhythm, Generally; and Specially of its Three Forms; Of 4-Rhythm, Generally; and Specially of its Two Forms. Of the Third and Fourth Orders of Rhythmic Grouping. Of the Fifth Order of Rhythmic Groups: The Stanza; Of Rhythm throughout all those Motions which we call Nature; The Tunes of English Verse; Of Tune in Speech: Its Nature and Office; The Colors of English Verse; Of Colors in Verse, Generally; And of Rhyme, Specially; Distribution of Vowel-Colors in the Line-Group; Of Consonant-Distribution: Junction, and Phonetic Syzygy; Of Alliteration; Of the Educated Love of Beauty, as the Artist's only Law. Poetry::Criticism 7139 7139