Frontmatter -- Preface -- Contents -- Introduction -- PART I. The First Voice Vowel Timbre Echoes in German Verse -- CHAPTER 1. Vowel Echo Patterns Within the Verse -- CHAPTER 2. Interlinear Echoes -- CHAPTER 3. Patterned Tonality -- PART II. Chroneme Patterning -- Introduction -- CHAPTER 4. The Nature of Vowel Length -- CHAPTER 5. Problems of Method in Verse Study -- CHAPTER 6. Chronemes and Stress Points -- CHAPTER 7. Ditonic Rhythmemes -- CHAPTER 8. Quantitative verse configuration -- Notes -- APPENDIX. Individual Configuration Hierarchies -- Signs and Symbols -- Bibliography -- Index