IV. METRICAL AND RHYTHMICAL CHARACTERISTICS OF THE INDIVIDUAL BYLINA

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter 1
2. TABLE OF CONTENTS 5
3. I. METER AND RHYTHM 9
4. II. DESCRIPTION OF THE METER 16
5. III. RHYTHMIC UNITS COMPOSING THE LINES 25
6. IV. METRICAL AND RHYTHMICAL CHARACTERISTICS OF THE INDIVIDUAL BYLINA 39
7. V. REPETITION OF PREPOSITIONS 55
8. VI. MORPHOLOGICAL VARIANTS AND METRICAL ALTERNANTS 64
9. VII. ACCENTUATION CHANGES AND THE FORMATION OF THE EPIC FORMULAS 77
10. VIII. DEVELOPMENT OF THE LINE IN RUSSIAN 87
11. APPENDIX. EXAMPLES OF LINES 99
12. A SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY 103
13. Index 104
14. Backmatter 107