OF

ENGLISH VERSIFICATION

FROM THE EARLIEST TIMES TO THE
PRESENT DAY

A HANDBOOK FOR TEACHERS AND STUDENTS

BY

MAX KALUZA, PH.D.

GEHEIMER REGIERUNGSRAT, PROFESSOR OF ENGLISH LANGUAGE AND
LITERATURE IN THE UNIVERSITY OF KON SBLRG

AUTHOR OF

CHAUCER UND DER ROSENROMAN," "HISTORISCHE GRAMMATIK DER
ENGLISCHEN SPRACHE," DER ALTENGLISCHE VERS," ITC.
EDITOR OF "LIBEAUS DESCONUS," "THE ROMAUNT OF THE ROSE"
(CHAUCER SOC.), ETC.

TRANSLATED BY

A. C. DUNSTAN, PH.D.

ENGLISH LEKTOR IN THE UNIVERSITY OF KÖNIGSBERG

FOLCROFT LIBRARY EDITIONS / 1973

Library of Congress Cataloging in Publication Data

Kaluza, Max, 1856-1921.

A short history of English versification.

Translation of Englische Metrik in historischer
Entwicklung.

1. English language--Versification.
426.09

PE1505.K33 1972

ISBN 0-8414-0066-0 (lib. bdg.)

I.

Title.
72-6145

PE

Limited 100 Copies

Manufactured in the United States of America.

OF

ENGLISH VERSIFICATION

FROM THE EARLIEST TIMES TO THE
PRESENT DAY

A HANDBOOK FOR TEACHERS AND STUDENTS

BY

MAX KALUZA, PH.D.

GEHEIMER REGIERUNGSRAT, PROFESSOR OF ENGLISH LANGUAGE AND
LITERATURE IN THE UNIVERSITY OF KON. SBERG

AUTHOR OF "CHAUCER UND DFR ROSENROMAN," "HISTORISCHE GRAMMATIK DIR
ENGLISCHEN SPRACHE," "DER ALTENGLISCHE VERS," ITC.
EDITOR OF "LIBEAUS DESCONUS," "THE ROMAUNT OF THE ROSE'
(CHAUCER SOC.), ETC.

TRANSLATED BY

A. C. DUNSTAN, PH.D.

ENGLISH LEKTOR IN THE UNIVERSITY OF KONIGSBERG

GEORGE ALLEN & COMPANY, LTD.
NEW YORK: THE MACMILLAN COMPANY

1911