Marina Tarlinskaja 
English Verse [PDF ebook] 
Theory and history

Frontmatter — TABLE OF CONTENTS — FOREWORD — INTRODUCTION — Chapter 1. Verse and Syllable — Chapter 2. Verse and Word Stress — Chapter 3. Verse and Phrasal Stress — Chapter 4. The Formation of English Syllabo-Tonic Poetry — Chapter 5. A Typology of English Four-Ictic Verse — Chapter 6. The Nondramatic Iambic Pentameter — Chapter 7. The Dramatic Iambic Pentameter — Chapter 8. The Transition from Iambics to Syllabics — APPENDICES — CONCLUSION — REFERENCE OF TABLES — REFERENCE OF FIGURES — BIBLIOGRAPHY