A metrical study of five 'lais' of Marie de France

Frontmatter -- Acknowledgments -- Analytic Table Of Contents -- List Of Tables -- List Of Figures -- List Of Charts -- Introduction -- I. Background on Marie de France and the Texts being used -- II. Investigation of Stress Patterns -- III. Investigation of Word Length -- IV. Sounds and Rhyme -- V. Grammatical Structure -- VI. Narrative Structure -- VII. The Relationship of Form and Meaning -- VIII. Conclusions -- Appendices -- Bibliography