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