§ 257-8. Four-lined stanzas; Poulter's measure and other stanzas 311 259. Five-lined stanzas 314 260. Shortened tail-rhyme stanzas 316 261. Six-lined stanzas 317 262. Seven-lined stanzas 319 263. Eight-, nine-, and ten-lined stanzas 320 264. The bob-wheel stanzas in the Middle English period 321 265. Bob-wheel stanzas of four-stressed rhyming verses 322 266. Modern English bob-wheel stanzas 323 CHAPTER V TRIPARTITE STANZAS I. ISOMETRICAL STANZAS. § 267. Six-lined stanzas 326 268. Seven-lined stanzas; the Rhyme Royal stanza 327 269. Eight-lined stanzas 329 270. Nine-lined stanzas 330 271. Ten-lined stanzas 331 272. Eleven-, twelve-, and thirteen-lined stanzas 332 II. ANISOMETRICAL STANZAS. 273-4. Six-lined stanzas 333 275. Seven-lined stanzas 335 276-8. Eight-lined stanzas 337 279. Nine-lined stanzas 339 280-1. Ten-lined stanzas 341 282. Eleven-lined stanzas 343 283. Twelve-lined stanzas 344 284. Thirteen-lined stanzas 345 285. Fourteen-lined stanzas 346 286. Stanzas of fifteen to twenty lines 347 =PART III. MODERN STANZAS AND METRES OF FIXED FORM ORIGINATING UNDER THE INFLUENCE OF THE RENASCENCE, OR INTRODUCED LATER= CHAPTER VI STANZAS OF THREE AND MORE PARTS CONSISTING OF UNEQUAL PARTS ONLY § 287. Introductory remark 348 288. Six-lined stanzas 349 289. Seven-lined stanzas 351 290-2. Eight-lined stanzas; the Italian _ottava rima_ 352 293. Nine-lined stanzas 355 294. Ten-lined stanzas 355 295. Eleven-lined stanzas 356 296. Twelve-lined stanzas 356 CHAPTER VII THE SPENSERIAN STANZA AND THE FORMS DERIVED FROM IT