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