PREFACE The main object of this book is to provide the student with anunderstanding of the mechanism of verse that he may have a richer appreciationof poetry. B... » 

PREFACE The main object of this book is to provide the student with anunderstanding of the mechanism of verse that he may have a richer appreciationof poetry. But while this is its primary intent the book has a secondarypurpose to encourage teachers to give courses in metrical rhetoric not withany vain hope that they will be able to train poets but with the firm beliefthat exercise in verse is the best possible aid to easy flexibility in prosewriting.....Many of the earliest books particularly those dating back to1900s and before are now extremely scarce and increasingly expensive. We arerepublishing these classic works in affordable high quality modern editionsusing the original text and artwork. «