. The construction and types of Shakespeare's verse as seen in the Othello. olo promote fjje knofolebge anb $f«bg of l^e SSorks of 38lm. Shakespeare, anb of tbe £>|jakesperean anb ©li^abet^an ,§lrama. IN EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE, JUNE 15th, 1885. Resolved, That in order that the papers printedunder authority of this Society maybe of the highestcharacter, and of value from all standpoints, theSociety does not stand pledged as responsible for theopinions expressed or conclusions arrived at in thesai-d papers, but considers itself only responsible inso far as it certifies by its Imprimatur that it
. The construction and types of Shakespeare's verse as seen in the Othello. olo promote fjje knofolebge anb $f«bg of l^e SSorks of 38lm. Shakespeare, anb of tbe £>|jakesperean anb ©li^abet^an ,§lrama. IN EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE, JUNE 15th, 1885. Resolved, That in order that the papers printedunder authority of this Society maybe of the highestcharacter, and of value from all standpoints, theSociety does not stand pledged as responsible for theopinions expressed or conclusions arrived at in thesai-d papers, but considers itself only responsible inso far as it certifies by its Imprimatur that it con-siders them as original contributions to Shakes-perean study, and as showing upon their face care,labor and research. papers of t&e g, g. Shakespeare Sotietg. No. 8. The Construction and Types J&fxafejespjearjes tyzvsz AS SEEN IN THE OTHELLO J By THOMAS R. PRICE, M. A., LL. D. First Vice-President of the Shakespeare Society of New /c NEW YORK:Press of the New York Shakespeare Society. Copyright, the Shakespeare Society of New York. Isaac Friedenuald, Printer,Baltimore. INTRODUCTION. On the 20th of May, 1886, I had the honorof reading a paper on the construction and thetypes of Shaksperes verse before the Shaks-pere Society of New York. In that paper Igave the outline and the approximate resultsthat are to be found in this little book; but inthe book I have given to the outline a pre-cision, and to the results an accuracy of statis-tics that I could not give in the original confining the examination to the singleplay of Othello, which I take as a fair exampleof Shaksperes mature manner, I have soughtto give for other work done at other times ofthe poets life, a secure basis of study andcomparison. The great types of verse, whoseexistence and ratios I define in the Othello,will be found to exist, indeed, but to exist in INTRODUCTION. varying ratios in all Shaksperes dramaticpoems. The study of th
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