I. The FIRST ASCLEPIAD Metre consists uniformly of the common Asclepiad line; i. e. of two Choriambi between an Iambic Syzygy, thus, --I-UU-Il-uu-luy Od. I. 1; III, 30; IV. 8. II. The SECOND ASCLEPIAD is a couplet consisting of a Gly. conic verse (i. e. of one Choriambus between an Iambic Syzygy) and of the common Asclepiad line: -l-uu-luy --I-uu-l-uu-l-u III. The THIRD ASCLEPIAD is a stanza of four lines, of which three are the common Asclepiads, and the fourth is a Glyconic: --I-UU-Il-uu-luy T-uu-ley IV. The FOURTH ASCLEPIAD is a stanza of four lines, of which the first two are common Asclepiads; the third is a Pherecratean verse (i. e. one Choriambus placed between a Spondee and a single syllable, long or short), and the fourth a Glyconic: --I-UU-II - UU-luy --!-uurly --!-uu-luy Od. I. 5. 14. 21. 23; III, 7. 13; IV. 13. V. The Fifth ASCLEPIAD consists of uniform lines, made up of three Choriambi between an Iambic Syzygy: -I-UU-II-UU-I-UU-luy Od. I. 11. 18; IV. 10. VI. The FIRST SAPPHIC Metre is a stanza of four lines, the first three of which are the common Sapphic verse; i. e. a Trochaic Dipodia followed by the Aristophanic Choriamb. Dim. Cat. ; and the fourth is Adonic*: -ul--1-luu-lucy Luuley 8. 11. 14. 18. 20. 22. 27; IV. 2. 6. 11. Carm. Sæc. VII. The Second SAPPHIC is a couplet consisting of the Aristophanic verse (Choriamb. Dim. Cat.) and the line called the greater Sapphic; i. e. a Trochaic Dipodia followed by a Choriambic Trim. Cat. :, Luu-lucy --I-luu-l-uu-lucu Od. L. 8. VIII. The ALCAIC is a stanza of four lines, the first two of which consist of eleven syllables, the third of nine, and the fourth of ten; thus : v-v--I-UU-vy JYJuTauru Od. I. 9. 16, 17. 26, 27. 29. 31. 34, 35. 37; II. 1. 3. 5. 7. 9. 11. 13, 14, 15: 17. 19, 20; III. 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6. 17. 21. 23. 26. 29; IV. 4. 9. 15. 17. IX. The FIRST ARCHILOCHIAN is a couplet consisting of a common Hexameter line, and a Dactylic Penthimemer, i.e. two Dactyls and a syllable: vu vuly Od. IV. 7. * Dactylic Dim. Cat. X. The SECOND ARCHILOCHIAN is a couplet consisting of the Herameter verse, and an Iambelegus; i. e. an lamb. Dim. Acat. with a Dactylic Penthimemer: Epod. 13. XI. The THIRD ARChILOCHIAN is a couplet consisting of an lambic Senarius and an Elegiambus ; i. e. a Dactyl. Penth. with an Iamb. Dim. Acat. : - - - - - - ای آن - آن CI Epod. 11. XII. The FOURTH ARCHILOCHIAN is a couplet, the first line of which is made up of Alcmanian * and Ithyphallic verses t, and the second is an lamb. Trim. Cat. : vulHuuluull-u-ul-u ucu-lucu Od. I. 4. XIII. The ALCMANIAN is a couplet consisting of a common Hexameter, and a Dactylic Tetram. Cat. : Od. I. 7. 28. Epod. 12. u -11 Epod. 17. XV. The SECOND IAMBIC is a couplet consisting of an Iambic Senarius and an Iambic Quaternarius : ull Epodes from I. to X. • Dactyl. Tetram. Acat. + Three Trochees, or two and a Spondee. XVI. The First PYTHIAMBIC is a couplet consisting of the common Dactylic Hexameter and an Iambic Quaternarius : Epod. 14, 15. XVII. The SECOND PYTHIAMBIC is a couplet of the Dactylic Hexameter and Iambic Senarius: Epod. 16. XVIII. The TROCHAIC is a couplet, of which the first line is Troch. Dim. Cat., and the second Iamb. Trim. Cat.; or the couplet may be regarded as one Trochaic line, Tetram. Hypercat. : -u-ul-uy ucu-lucu-lucu Od. II. 18. XIX. IONIC A MINORE. Tetram. Acat. : ru luu--luu -Tuued od. III. 12. |