Note 161 — Chapter I · GLOSSARY

Note (Second Edition) on "Skeltonic," v. sup. p. 293.—Attempts have been made to trace it to the very short lines used by Martial d'Auvergne (c. 1420-1508) and, perhaps, other French poets. But, as in some similar cases, these attempts ignore radical differences, such as the presence of the anapæst in English and its absence from French, and others still.