ch. 1. Some considerations on the methods of poetry -- ch. 2. Two poems : death and love -- ch. 3. Two poems : love and death -- ch. 4. Two poems : symbolism and allusion -- ch. 5. Two poems : war and woman -- ch. 6. Two passages from Shakespeare -- ch. 7. Two passages from the Bible -- ch. 8. Satire and romance -- ch. 9. & 10. Notes for a background to English literary history -- ch. 11. Conclusion.