Seymour Chatman 
A Theory of Meter [PDF ebook] 

Frontmatter – Preface – Table of Contents – I. Introduction – II. The Nature of Rhythm – III. Phonological Backgrounds to Metrical Analysis – IV. Objective Analyses of Metrical Properties: A Survey – V. The Components of English Meter – VI. Shakespeare’s Eighteenth Sonnet: An Experiment in Metrical Analysis – VII. The Function of Meter – Appendix. The Stress Systems of Kenneth Pike, and George L. Trager and Henry Lee Smith, Jr. – Backmatter