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... observed . For example , if homine stands for an iambus , it is an error to raise the se- cond syllable by the strongest ictus , as is commonly done ; the first syllable , on the contrary , receives the least stress , the second ...
... observed . For example , if homine stands for an iambus , it is an error to raise the se- cond syllable by the strongest ictus , as is commonly done ; the first syllable , on the contrary , receives the least stress , the second ...
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... observed in read- ing such series . According to the analogy of the equal kind , two anapaests may also be united in a metre or a dipody . In all the other measures , each foot forms a metre by itself . A rhythmical series may consist ...
... observed in read- ing such series . According to the analogy of the equal kind , two anapaests may also be united in a metre or a dipody . In all the other measures , each foot forms a metre by itself . A rhythmical series may consist ...
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... observed . The last foot of a trochaic and the first of an iambic series may become irrational . The middle time , therefore , can take place in a trochaic dipody only in the second foot , and in an iambic in the first : · In the first ...
... observed . The last foot of a trochaic and the first of an iambic series may become irrational . The middle time , therefore , can take place in a trochaic dipody only in the second foot , and in an iambic in the first : · In the first ...
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... observed : Every long of two times can be re- solved into two shorts An irrational long , therefore , of one short and an half is incapable of resolution . The older Ro- man poets make an exception in this respect , by sometimes ...
... observed : Every long of two times can be re- solved into two shorts An irrational long , therefore , of one short and an half is incapable of resolution . The older Ro- man poets make an exception in this respect , by sometimes ...
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... observed , are an invention of grammarians who imagined that all trochaic , iambic , and anapaestic se- ries must be measured only by dipodies . They considered , for instance , ~ _ ~ . a dimeter trochaicus brachycatalectus , while the ...
... observed , are an invention of grammarians who imagined that all trochaic , iambic , and anapaestic se- ries must be measured only by dipodies . They considered , for instance , ~ _ ~ . a dimeter trochaicus brachycatalectus , while the ...
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acat acatalectus Aeolian Aesch Agam Anacreon anacrusis anapaest Anapaesticus anceps Arist arrhythmy arsis and thesis asynartete bacchius caesura called Carm catalectic catalecticus catalexis choriamb close comic poets cretic dactyl dactylic rhythm diaeresis dimeter dipody distich disyll disyllabum dochmius drama dramatists epic Epod especially feet frequently glyconic Greek hence Hephaestion hexameter hiatus iamb iambic dipody iambic trimeter ionic ithyphallic Logaoedic series lyric poets measured metre metrical monometer occurs Olymp P. I. ch Pind Plaut poems poetry polyschematist form principal caesura principal diaeresis proceleusmatic Pyth rarely rhythmical Roman short singly sometimes Soph spondee strophe syllabam syllable Terent tetrameter tribrach trimeter tripody trochaic trochaic dipody trochee verse versus Virg word ww ww ἀλλ ἂν ἀντ γὰρ δὲ Διὸς ἐκ ἐν ἐπὶ καὶ μὲν μοι οὐ οὐδ οὐκ οὖν στρ τὰ Τὰν τε τὴν τί Τίς τὸ τὸν τῶν ὡς
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