| Among other things, it mentions the caesural pause as a device for finishing an imperfect foot. |
| In the original the opening strophe, which is altogether more regular than the average and is, moreover, one of the few that have also complete caesural rhyme, is as follows. |
| Influenced by Italian verse, he sophisticated the stanza form, experimenting with caesural variation and applying the stanza to new subjects. |
| The caesural pause comes after Ector, which might allow the intrusion of the word of before king. |
