Poetic quality, Arnold's test of, cvi-cviii, Quatrain, the, lxxx-lxxxii
and its value, cvi-cviii

Poetry, xxxiv, XXXV, xxxviii-xxxix, et
passim; beginnings of, xci; choral,
xci; critical terms of, ciii-cxi; defini-
tion of, xxxix; judgment of, the, ciii-
cxi; kinds of, xci-ciii; poetry of re-
cital, ballad, epic, etc., xcii-xcvi; |
descriptive and reflective, xcvi; poetry
of song,
the lyric, xcvii-xcviii;
poetry of action, - the drama, xcviii-
cl; mixed kinds, — idyll, pastoral, etc.,
ci-cii; kinds on the border of the
practical, satirical, didactic, etc., cii-
ciii; principles of, xxv-cxi

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POPE, ALEXANDER, influence of, III;
service to English poetry, 111; criti-
cism of, 112; life of, 112-113; works
of, 113-115. For his Rape of the Lock,
see title under this index
Pre-Elizabethan Era, the, 36-37
Prelude, The, 163

Quatrains, some varieties of, lxxx-lxxxii

Rabbi Ben Ezra, text of, 308-315; the
man, 559; criticism of, 559; notes
on, 559-561; as a reflective poem,
xcvii

Raleigh, Sir Walter, influence on Spen-
ser, 39

Rape of the Lock, The, discussion of,
113-115; comparison of editions, 114-
115; text of, 115-124; circumstances of
composition, 499; notes on, 499–504:
as a mock-heroic poem, xcv-xevi; as
a satire, ciii

Reaction from Classical school, nature
of, 124; first phase of, 125; second
phase of, 125-126

Realism, realistic, meaning of the terms,
cv-cvi

Recital, poetry of, xcii-xcvii
Reflective poetry, xcvi-xcvii

Printing press, invention of, 35; intro- Refrain, the, lxxix
duction into England, 35, 331

Prisoner of Chillon, The, text of, 204-
215; circumstances of composition,
532-533; identity of, 533, 535; notes
on, 533-534
Prolepsis, xliii, xlvi

Prologue to the Canterbury Tales, text
of, 8-33; list of tales, 459; metrical
system of, 442; notes on, 441-459; as
a tale, xcvi

Prometheus, 202

Prometheus Unbound, 220
Prophecy of Capys, The, 253
Prose, an instrument of literature, xxxviii;
compared with verse, xxxix; rhythm
of, 1-li; feet in, lxiii-lxiv
Prothalamion, 39
Psalm, the, xcii

Reliques of Ancient Poetry, 125
Renaissance in England, 34, 36
Repetition, xlii, xlix

Requiescat, text of, 329-330; remarks
on, 565

Resemblance and Contrast, figures of,
xliv-xlvi

Resemblance, images of, xlii
Restoration, Age of the, characteristics
of, 100-101; morals of, 1o1; literary
taste of, IOI

Revolution, French, influence on English
poets, 163, 201

Revolution, the, in plot, c

Rhetorical figures, xlii, xlix-1; of the emo-
tional kind, xlix-1; of the ordering
kind, 1

Rhyme, conditions necessary to, lxxvi;

593

definition and kinds of, lxxvi-lxxix; | SHAKESPEARE WILLIAM, his position

masculine, lxxvii; feminine, lxxvii; re-
lation to harmony and melody in verse,
lxxvi-lxxix

Rhyme-royal, lxxxii

Rhythm, -a mode of nature and art,
xxvii-xxviii; a principle, xxix; in verse,
-origin, 1; in prose, l-li; in relation

to the material, lxviii-lxix
Rime of the Ancient Mariner: see An-
cient Mariner

Ring and the Book, The, 296

Romans, early conquests, of Britain, I;
of Gaul, 2

Romantic play, the, xcix

in English literature, 37, 48; metre of
his plays, 37; his sonnets, lxxxvii, 462;
a creative and interpretative poet,
xxxiv, xxxv. For examples of his son-
SHELLEY, PERCY BYSSHE, comparison
nets, see Sonn.ts of Shakespeare under
this index
with Byron, 201; criticism of, 218-219;
life of, 219-220; works of, 220; a pre-
sentative poet, xxxiv. For poems, Ode
to the West Wind, To a Skylark, The
Cloud, and To Night, see titles under
this index

She Stoops to Conquer, 133

Romantic poetry, meaning of, civ; the Short Measure (S.M.), lxxxi,

new, 160-161

Rondeau, lxxxvii

Rondel, lxxxviii

Rossetti, Dante Gabriel, 230, 252
Rubaiyat, quatrains of the, lxxxi
Rugby Chapel, text of, 322-328; basis of
poem, 563; notes on, 563-564; asso-
nance in, lxxix; as an elegy, xcviii

Sackville, 37

Samson Agonistes, 54

Sapphics and Adonics, lxxxiii

Satirical verse, ciii

Saul, 294, 296

Saxons, West, language of, 2

Scholar Gipsy, The, 317

Scholasticism of Middle Ages, 34

Scorn not the Sonnet, text of, 178; notes

on, 525

Similarity, images of, xlii
Simile, xliv-xlv

Slurring, lxviii

Social Revolt, poets of, 200-201 ; relation
to revolutionary spirit, 201; compari-
Sohrab and Rustum, 317
son of Byron and Shelley, 201
Solution, the, in Drama, c

Song for St. Cecilia's Day, 497, lxxii,
lxxxv

Song, the poetry of, xcvii-xcviii

Sonnet, form of, lxxxv-lxxxvii, 462, 494;
origin of, 36; introduction into Eng-
land, 36

Sonnet on Chillon, text of, 215-216; ex-
planation of, 535

Sonnets, of Keats, rank, 544; of Mil-

ton,- form, 494,-number, 53; of
Wordsworth, rank, 164, 524

Scotch, Lowland, identical with North- Sonnets of Shakespeare, text of, 48-50;

ern English dialect, 5

Scottish universities, rise of, 34

Scott, Sir Walter, his Lay of the Last
Minstrel, 160; his relation to his time,
161; criticism of, 161
Sculpture, xxix, xxxv, xxxvi
Senarius, lvi

Sensations, the, xli

Senses, the, appeal of poetry to, xxxvi,
xlii, cix

Sentimental, the, in poetry, cv-cvi
Septenarius, septenary, Ivi, lxxxi
Serious play, the, xcix
Sestet in sonnet, lxxxvi

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remarks on, 462-463

Sonnet to Raleigh, text of, 47; form of
Spenser's sonnets, 462, lxxxvii

Sordello, 295

Southey, Robert, 163, 179

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SPENSER, EDMUND, criticism of, 38-39;
life of, 39-40; works of, 40; sonnets
of, lxxxvii, 462. For his poems,
stanzas from the Faerie Queene, and
the Sonnet to Raleigh, see titles under
this index

Spenserian stanza, lxxxiii, 460
Spondee, li, liii

Stages, of dramatic action, c-ci

1

Stanza, the, relation to the verse and the
poem, lxxx; kinds of, lxxx-lxxxv;
three-line, lxxx; four-line, lxxxi; five-,
six-, and seven-line, lxxxii; eight-line
and more, lxxxii; classical, lxxxiii
Stress in verse, li-lxviii, passim
Structural forms of verse, lxxxv-xci; the
ode, lxxxv; the sonnet, lxxxv-lxxxvii ;
the 'fourteener,' lxxxvii; fixed forms
with refrain, lxxxvii; French forms,
lxxxvii-xci

Structural mode, the, of treating material,
Xxxii

Substituted feet, lx-lxi, lxii-lxiii, lxvi-
lxvii, lxviii

Surrey, Henry Howard, Earl of, 36-37;
his sonnets, lxxxvii; his blank verse,
37

Swinburne, Algernon Charles, 230, 252;
his Sapphics, lxxxiii; his estimate of
Coleridge, 530

Syllables, variation in number of, lxvi-
lxvii; extra, lxvii, lxviii; lacking, lxviii
Synæresis, lxviii
Synalopha, lxviii
Synecdoche, xlvi

Tetrameter, liv-lv
Teutonic basis of English Language, 5
Theory of Poetry, Wordsworth's, 161–162
Thomson, James, 125; his Seasons, 125
Three-line stanzas, lxxx
Thyrsis, 318

Tintern Abbey, text of, 164-168; criti-
cism of, 517; circumstances of com-
position, 517; notes on, 517-519;
sound quality in, lxxiii-lxxiv; as a
reflective poem, xcvii; 'touchstones'
in, cviii

Tithonus, text of, 291-293; criticism of,
553; notes on, 553-554

To a Skylark, text of, 223–226; circum-
stances of composition, 536; notes on,
536-537; as a lyric, xcvii; 'touch-
stones' in, cviii

To Mr. Cyriac Skinner, text of, 100;
notes on, 496

Tonality in verse: melody, lxviii-lxxvi ;
harmony, lxix, lxxvi-lxxix

To Night, text of, 229-230; criticism
of, 538; notes on, 538

To the Lord General Cromwell, text of,
99; notes on, 495

Syntax study, importance of, in interpret- Tottel's Miscellany, 37
ing literature, 465

Table of English Kings, opposite I
Table of English Poets, opposite I
Taine, criticism of Byron, 201
Tale, metrical, xcvi

Tam O'Shanter, text of, 153-159; cir-
cumstances of composition, 514; notes
on, 515-517

TENNYSON, ALFRED, LORD, criticism
of, 274; life of, 275-276; works of,
275-440; the verse of his In Memoriam,
lxxxi; his alcaics, lxxxiv. For his
poems, Enone, The Lady of Shalott,
Ulysses, Tithonus, Crossing the Bar,
and the Idylls of the King-Gareth
and Lynette, Lancelot and Elaine, and
The Passing of Arthur, see titles under
this index

Tenure of Kings and Magistrates, 53
Terza rima, lxxx

Test-passage, the, in criticism, cvi
Tests, of poetry, ciii-cxi

'Touchstones,' the, Arnold's use of, in
criticism, cvi-cviii

Tractate on Education, 53
Tragic justice, xcviii
Tragic moment, the, ci
Traveller, The, 133
Trimeter, liv-lv
Triolet, lxxxviii
Trochaic opening, the, lxi
Trochee, li, liii
Troilus and Criseyde, 7
Trope, the, lxiv
Truncation, lxviii
Twa Dogs, The, 147

Ulysses, text of, 289-291; myth of, 552-
553; notes on, 553

Verse, an instrument of poetry, xxxviii;
compared with prose, xxxix; the larger
units of: stanzaic and structural forms,
lxxix-xci; the rhythm of, 1-lxviii
Vicar of Wakefield, The, 133

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