Paull F. Baum’s The Principles of English Versification is a rigorous and accessible scholarly introduction to the technical study of English metre and prosody. Covering stress, rhythm, feet, caesura, rhyme, and the major metrical forms from the heroic couplet to free verse, it remains a useful reference for students of poetry and for anyone who wants to understand how English verse works.
More a critical guide than a poetry collection, this free EPUB is cleanly formatted and provides an indispensable companion for reading the other poetry volumes in this library.