VIII. THE RHYTHM OF THE TONIC POEMS

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter I
2. FOREWORD 7
3. TABLE OF CONTENTS 13
4. PART I. INTRODUCTORY
5. I . BLOK'S PLACE IN RUSSIAN PROSODY 19
6. PART II. ENGLISH AND RUSSIAN VERSIFICATION
7. II. METRICAL FACTORS 55
8. III. RHYTHMIC VARIATIONS - SUBSTITUTION, EQUIVALENCE, AND THE LIKE 114
9. PART III. RHYTHM AND METRE IN BLOK'S VERSE
10. IV. RHYTHMIC VARIATIONS IN IAMBIC METRES 159
11. V. RHYTHMIC VARIATIONS IN TROCHAIC METRES 188
12. VI. RHYTHMIC VARIATIONS IN TRIPLE-TIME METRES 206
13. VII. ANISOSYLLABIC SUBSTITUTION 229
14. VIII. THE RHYTHM OF THE TONIC POEMS 241
15. IX. ENDINGS AND ENDING-PATTERNS 293
16. PART IV. THE POEMS ARRANGED IN GROUPS
17. X. THE IAMBIC METRES 341
18. XI. THE TROCHAIC METRES 383
19. XII. THE ANAPAESTIC METRES 409
20. XIII. THE AMPHIBRACHIC METRES 421
21. XIV. THE DACTYLIC METRES 429
22. XV. MIXED TRIPLE-TIME METRES 435
23. XVI. POEMS COMBINING MORE THAN ONE METRE 443
24. XVII. THE TONIC SCHEMES 449
25. APPENDIX: List of Ending-Patterns and Stanza Forms 483
26. Bibliography 487
27. List of Main Tables, Diagrams, etc. 497
28. Alphabetical Index of First Lines (and Titles) of Blok's Poems 500
29. Numerical List of Blok's Poems 520
30. Index of Names 536