Two appendixes from Nabokov's famous edition of Eugene Onegin: his study of versification in English and Russian poetry, and his "term paper" on Pushkin's Ethiopian ancestor. Originally published in 1965. The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-demand technology to again make available previously out-of-print books from the distingu

*Frontmatter, pg. i*Contents, pg. v*Author's Note, pg. vii*1. Prosodies, pg. 3*2. Feet, pg. 4*3. The Scud, pg. 9*4. Tilted Scuds, pg. 17*5. Spondees, pg. 27*6. Elisions, pg. 30*7. The Origination of Metrical Verse in Russia, pg. 33*8. Difference in Modulation, pg. 46*9. Examples of Modulations, pg. 51*10. Counts of Modulations in Eugene Onegin, pg. 69*11. Other Meters and Rhythms, pg. 76*12. Differences in Use of Meter, pg. 80*13. Rhyme, pg. 82*Index, pg. 97*Foreword, pg. 107*Pushkin's Comments Published During His Lifetime, pg. 108*Pushkin's Ancestors, pg. 111*The Documents, pg. 112*Dates of Abram Gannibal's Birth and Death, pg. 114*Gannibal's Origin, pg. 116*Gannibal's Birthplace, pg. 118*Gannibal's Sister, pg. 125*Gannibal's Parentage, pg. 127*Gannibal's Enslavement, pg. 131*Gannibal in Turkey, pg. 134*Gannibal and Raguzinski, pg. 139*Gannibal's First Years in Russia (1706-16), pg. 143*Gannibal in Western Europe (1716-23), pg. 148*Gannibal and Annibal, pg. 152*Gannibal's Later Years in Russia (1723-81), pg. 153*Conclusions, pg. 155*Works Consulted, pg. 162*Index, pg. 169