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Trannactions. 



He goes on/ to remark/ that " to pun/ish her lo/ver, wring his 



bo/som, and draw/ the tear in/to his eye/. 

 There is/ but one me/thod " which he/ can disco/ver that's like/l\- 



to ans/wer — that one/ is to " die " !/ 



(R. U. Biiihain (Ingoldsby), " The Black Mosquetaire," canto II.) 



The quadruple metre may vary in this way also, but no examples have been 

 encountered ; when found, they readily fall into place in the scheme. 



5. The whole of the examples given in paragraphs 3 and 4 constitute 

 one group of the varieties into which Romance verse is di\nded. The group 

 may be summarized and tabulated as follows : — 



Grottp a. 



Variation 1. 



Ordinary duple 



Triple, with opening and mid- 



duple 

 Triple, with o)»ening du])le 

 Quadruple, with o])ening and 



mid -duple 

 Quadruplf, witli o)K'niiig dupit 



and mid -triple. 

 Quadruple, with opening duple. 

 (g.) Triple, with mid-diipk' 

 (h.) Ordinary triple 

 (('.) Quadruple, with opening triple 

 and mid -duple. 

 Quadruple, with opening and mid- 



triple 

 Quadruple, with opening triple 

 Ordinary quadru))!*- witli mid 

 variants if any found. 



Sub variation (a.) 

 (h.) 



if- 



ij-) 



il.) 



Example (1). 



Example (2). 

 E.xample (3). 



Example {'^a). 



Example (4). 

 Example (5). 



Example {5b). 

 Exam])le (5f). 



Variation 2. (Mid or fifth unit abrupt in all cases.) 



Subvariation (a.) Ordinary duple . . . . Example (6). 



(b.) Triple, with opening duple . . Example (7). 



(c.) Quadruple, with opening dujile. 



(d.) Ordinary triple . . . . Example (8). 



(e.) Quadruple, with opening triple. 



(/.) Ordinary quadruple. 



Variation 3. (Mid-feminine — i.e., fourth unit with feminine ending.) 



Subvariation {a.) Ordinary duple . . . . Example (9). 



(6.) Triple, with opening duple . . Exam])le (10) 



(c.) Quadruple, with opening duple. 



{d.) Ordinary triple .. .. Example (11) 



(e.) Quadrui)le, with opening triple. 



(/.) Ordinary quadruple. 



Key to Group and Vari.vtions. 



1. Any Romance verse whose first unit is ordinary dujile, triple, or quadruple — i.e., 



two-, three-, or four-syllabled, with stress on the last syllable — and whose 

 last unit is stressed on the last syllable, irrespective of number of syllables 

 from one to four, belongs to (irouj) A. 



2. Any such verse whose fifth unit contains two or more syllables, up to the number 



of s\'llables in the normal unit of that verse, belongs to variation 1— that is, 

 in duple metre the fifth unit must have no more than two syllables ; in triple, 

 no more than three ; in quadruple, no more than four ; and in no case less 

 than two. 



3. Any verse whose fifth unit has only one .syllable, and that one stressed, making 



the second half- verse abrupt, belongs to variation 2. 



4. Any verse whose fourth unit has a feminine ending followed by a normal fifth 



unit belongs to variation 3. In a dujile verse the fifth unit will then contain 

 three syllables; in tiii)l('. four; and in (juadru)ile. five. 



