Foreword -- Contents -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Phonic phenomena -- 2.1 Occurrence without pattern -- 2.1.1 Phoneme frequencies -- 2.1.2 Euphony In general -- 2.2 Assonance -- 2.2.1 The diagonal -- 2.2.2 Symmetry -- 2.2.3 Poem length and significant sequences -- 2.3 Alliteration -- 2.4 Aggregation -- 2.5 Rhyme -- 2.5.1 Word length -- 2.5.2 Open and closed rhymes -- 2.5.3 Masculine and feminine rhyme -- 2.5.4 Parts of speech In rhymewords -- 3 The word- -- 3.1 Introduction -- 3.2 Frequency distribution -- 3.2.1 Stratification -- 3.2.2 Ord's criterion -- 3.2.3 The lambda indicator -- 3-2.4 Entropy and repeat rate -- 3.2.5 Glnl's coefficient -- 3.2.6 Geometric properties -- 3.2.6.1 The triangle -- 3.2.6.2 Writer's view and the golden section -- 3.3 Vocabulary richness -- 3.4 Word length -- 3.4.1 Ord's scheme -- 3.4.2 Word-length distribution -- 3.5 Word classes (parts of speech) -- 3.5.1 Frequencies -- 3.5.2 Descrlptivenessvs. activity -- 3.5.3 Runs -- 3.5.3.1 Sequential dependence -- 3.5.3.2 Run length -- 3.5.3.3 Placing tendency -- 4 The control cycle -- References -- Index.