CHAP. III.
Of the several sorts of Poems, or Compositions in Verse.
All our Poems may be divided into two sorts; the first of those that are compos'd in Couplets; the second are those that are compos'd in Stanzas consisting of several Verses.
SECT. I.
Of the Poems compos'd in Couplets.
In the Poems compos'd in Couplets, the Rhymes follow one another, and end at each Couplet; that is to say, the 2d Verse rhymes to the 1st, the 4th to the 3d, the 6th to the 5th, and in like manner to the end of the Poem.
The Verses employ'd in this sort of Poems, are either Verses of 10 Syllables; as,
Oh! could I flow like thee, and make thy Stream
My great Example, as it is my Theme;
The deep, yet clear tho' gentle, yet net dull;
Strong, without Rage; without o'erflowing, full.Denh.