791- [268]Gerard Manley Hopkins. Hopkins' major innovation was what he 792: called [269]sprung rhythm. He claimed most poetry was written in this 793- older rhythmic structure inherited from the Norman side of the English -- 795- with the stressed syllable falling in the same place on each 796: repetition. Sprung rhythm is structured around feet with a variable 797- number of syllables, generally between one and four syllables per foot, -- 949- 15. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Poetry 950: 16. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rhythm 951- 17. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Verse_(poetry)