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Glyconic (from Glycon, a Gr****
lyric poet) is a form of
meter in
classical Gr**** and
Latin poetry. The
glyconic line is the most
basic and most commonly...
- 8). In both poets,
unlike the
glyconics (see below), the
first two
syllables of
every line are
always long. The
glyconic metre is used in two of the polymetrics...
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asclepiad is
built around a choriamb. The
Asclepiad may be
described as a
glyconic that has been
expanded with one (Lesser Asclepiad) or two (Greater Asclepiad)...
- fragments, and is
written in epic
style suiting its subject. The
metre is
glyconic with
double dactylic expansion. The poem was
preserved on
Papyrus Oxyrhynchus...
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works of Sappho,
mostly uses four
classical meters known as the Aeolics:
Glyconic (the most
basic form of
Aeolic line),
hendecasyllabic verse,
Sapphic stanza...
- book 1,
Sapphic stanzas; for book 2,
glyconics with
double dactylic expansion in distichs; for book 3,
glyconics with
double choriambic expansion in distichs...
- line to
begin with two
anceps syllables in succession, for
example in the
glyconic metre: | x x | – u u – | u – | In such
metres it is not
allowed for both...
- upon two
kinds of lines, the
Glyconic and the Pherecratean. Both have the
choriamb | – u u – | as
their nucleus. The
Glyconic can be
represented as follows:...
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pattern – ᴗ ᴗ – ᴗ x,
which constitutes the last
three quarters of the
glyconic line. Also
called the choriambo-cretic, the
pattern is
common in Aeolic...
- example, an
Asclepiad may be
analyzed as a
glyconic with
choriambic expansion (glc, gl2c), and a
glyconic with
dactylic expansion produces the stichic...
