Chapter VIII: Word-Accent

§ 113. General remarks 171

I. WORD-ACCENT IN MIDDLE ENGLISH.

_A. Germanic words._

114. Alleged difference in degree of stress among
inflexional endings containing _e_ 172
115. Accent in trisyllables and compounds 174
116. Pronunciation of parathetic compounds 175
117. Rhythmical treatment of trisyllables and words of four
syllables 175

_B. Romanic words._

118. Disyllabic words 177
119. Trisyllabic words 178
120. Words of four and five syllables 179

II. WORD-ACCENT IN MODERN ENGLISH.

121. Romanic accentuation still continued 180
122. Disyllabic words 181
123. Trisyllabic and polysyllabic words 181
124. Parathetic compounds 182

DIVISION II. VERSE-FORMS COMMON TO THE MIDDLE AND
MODERN ENGLISH PERIODS

CHAPTER IX

LINES OF EIGHT FEET, FOUR FEET, TWO FEET, AND ONE FOOT

§ 125. The eight-foot line and its resolution into four-foot
lines 183
126. Examples of the four-foot line 183
127. Treatment of the caesura in four-foot verse 185
128. Treatment of four-foot verse in North English and
Scottish writings 186
129. Its treatment in the Midlands and the South 187
130. Combinations of four-foot and three-foot verse in
Middle English 188
131-2. Freer variety of this metre in Modern English 188
133. Two-foot verse 190
134. One-foot verse 191