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... Strophes 1. Strophe Sapphica I. Strophes of the double kind A. Trochaic Strophes • 1. Dim . acat . 3 t .; dim . cat . 2. Dim . acat . 5 t .; dim . cat . B. lambic Strophes • II . Strophes of the equal kind • 2. Dact . log . simpl ...
... Strophes 1. Strophe Sapphica I. Strophes of the double kind A. Trochaic Strophes • 1. Dim . acat . 3 t .; dim . cat . 2. Dim . acat . 5 t .; dim . cat . B. lambic Strophes • II . Strophes of the equal kind • 2. Dact . log . simpl ...
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... Strophes 1. Asclepiadeum tertium 284 • 284 2. Asclepiadeum quartum B. lonic Strophes CHAPTER V. - Choral Composition . A. Antistrophic Composition 285 286 288 288 I. Antistrophic Songs of the Dorian lyric poets . 299 Alemán ...
... Strophes 1. Asclepiadeum tertium 284 • 284 2. Asclepiadeum quartum B. lonic Strophes CHAPTER V. - Choral Composition . A. Antistrophic Composition 285 286 288 288 I. Antistrophic Songs of the Dorian lyric poets . 299 Alemán ...
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... strophes . The shortest combination of different kinds of verses is the distich composition . The necessity of introducing a prin- cipal verse by another , or of letting another follow as a con- clusion , furnished the first occasion ...
... strophes . The shortest combination of different kinds of verses is the distich composition . The necessity of introducing a prin- cipal verse by another , or of letting another follow as a con- clusion , furnished the first occasion ...
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... strophe , blends with the preceding verse into one . The number of verses which must belong to a strophe , is not fixed ; but they must all , by their character and relation , man- ifest themselves as parts of a whole . An aggregate of ...
... strophe , blends with the preceding verse into one . The number of verses which must belong to a strophe , is not fixed ; but they must all , by their character and relation , man- ifest themselves as parts of a whole . An aggregate of ...
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... strophe and antistrophe . It is not a change of the rhythm , but of the measure , if the irrational time is put for the rational , or if a long is resolved into two shorts , or two shorts are contracted into one long . CHAPTER XI ...
... strophe and antistrophe . It is not a change of the rhythm , but of the measure , if the irrational time is put for the rational , or if a long is resolved into two shorts , or two shorts are contracted into one long . CHAPTER XI ...
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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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