- A
catalectic line is a
metrically incomplete line of verse,
lacking a
syllable at the end or
ending with an
incomplete foot. One form of
catalexis is headlessness...
- One poem uses
iambic tetrameter catalectic (25),
which consists of two
iambic dimeters, the
second one
catalectic (i.e.
shortened by one syllable)....
-
classical trochaic tetrameter contains 16
syllables (15
syllables if
catalectic). The
rhythm of a line of an
English trochaic tetrameter is:
Using the...
-
limited significance or utility—at
least by
comparison to its antonym,
catalectic—for the
simple reason that
acatalexis is
considered to be the "usual case"...
- well as
iambic verses such as the
choliamb and the
iambic tetrameter catalectic (a
dialogue meter borrowed from Old Comedy). Horace,
whose career spanned...
- was a
combination of
octameter acatalectic,
heptameter catalectic, and
tetrameter catalectic. The
rhyme scheme is ABCBBB, or AA,B,CC,CB,B,B when accounting...
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opening [o-.-] [o-.-] [o-.-] line 1
parodos 230–47
iambic tetrameter catalectic Chorus enters escorted by boys [o-.-] [o-.-] [o-.-] [o--](trochees are...
- down... The
rhyme is
constructed of
quatrains in
trochaic tetrameter catalectic (each line made up of four
metrical feet of two syllables, with the stress...
- (written in
quatrains of
iambic tetrameter for
three lines,
followed by a
catalectic line of only
three iambs),
relates the
story of a
hopeless romantic who...
- this case the
metre is
called "
catalectic". For example, the
following metre is
known as a
trochaic tetrameter catalectic (in
Latin it is
known as a trochaic...
