§ 297. First used in the _Faerie Queene_ 358 298-300. Imitations and analogous forms 359 CHAPTER VIII THE EPITHALAMIUM STANZA AND OTHER ODIC STANZAS § 301. The Epithalamium stanza 363 302. Imitations of the Epithalamium stanza 365 303-5. Pindaric Odes, regular and irregular 366 CHAPTER IX THE SONNET § 306. Origin of the English sonnet 371 307. The Italian sonnet 371 308. Structure of the Italian form illustrated by Watts-Dunton 373 309. The first English sonnet-writers, Surrey and Wyatt 373 310. Surrey's transformation of the Italian sonnet, and the form adopted by Shakespeare 374 311. Another form used by Spenser in _Amoretti_ 375 312. The form adopted by Milton 375 313. Revival of sonnet writing in the latter half of the eighteenth century 376 314. The sonnets of Wordsworth 377 315. The sonnet in the nineteenth century 379 CHAPTER X OTHER ITALIAN AND FRENCH POETICAL FORMS OF A FIXED CHARACTER 316-7. The madrigal 380 318-9. The terza-rima 381 320-1. The sextain 383 322. The virelay 385 323. The roundel 385 324. The rondeau 387 325. The triolet 388 326. The villanelle 388 327. The ballade 389 328. The Chant Royal 390 LIST OF EDITIONS REFERRED TO The quotations of Old English poetry are taken from Grein-Wülker, _Bibliothek der Angelsächsischen Poesie_, Strassburg, 1883-94. For the Middle English poets the editions used have been specified in the text. Most of the poets of the Modern English period down to the eighteenth century are quoted from the collection of R. Anderson, _The Works of the British Poets_, Edinburgh, 1795 (15 vols.), which is cited (under the title _Poets_) by volume and page. The remaining Modern English poets are quoted (except when some other edition is specified) from the editions mentioned in the following list. =Arnold=, Matthew. _Poetical Works_, London, Macmillan & Co., 1890. 8vo.