- An
adonic (Latin: adoneus) is a unit of
Aeolic verse, a five-syllable
metrical foot
consisting of a
dactyl followed by a trochee. The last line of a Sapphic...
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Adonean or
Adonic The
following is also a kind of
aeolic verse,
though used stichically:
Phalaecian hendecasyllable The
simpler kinds of
Aeolic verse were imitated...
- the
basic rhythmic structure of a
verse or
lines in
verse. Many
traditional verse forms prescribe a
specific verse metre, or a
certain set of
metres alternating...
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Traditional Welsh Accentual verse Accentual-syllabic
verse Syllabic verse Adonic Aeolic Glyconic: most
basic form of
aeolic verse.
Alcmanian Archilochian...
- spondee/trochee (together
forming an
adonic).
Exceptions can
occur when a
polysyllabic (especially Gr****) name ends a
verse. A
short syllable (υ) is a syllable...
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Adoneus may
refer to: Adoneus, the
Latin name of an
adonic, a unit of
Aeolic verse Adoneus, a
Latinised name of the Gr**** god
Adonis Adoneus, a
Latin epithet...
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typically conceptualized as
comprising 3
lesser Sapphic lines followed by an
adonic, with the structure: – u u – –
classical Latin poets duplicated the Sapphic...
- poets. Horace's
Sapphic stanza comprised three "lesser sapphics" and an "
adonic": – u – x – u u – u – – – u – x – u u – u – – – u – x – u u – u – – – u...
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including Sapphic stanzas (comprising 3
hendecasyllabic lines followed by an
Adonic): So the
goddess fled from her place, with
awful Sound of feet and thunder...
- of the Columb**** of
Saint Trond with the Columb**** who
composed the
adonic verse is
supported by
Johannes Smit (1971),
Studies on the
Language and Style...
