-
pattern of (a)
iambic octonarii (type a), (b)
other metres, (c)
iambic octonarii (type b).
Another p****age of
iambic octonarii is Mercury's
gleeful speech...
- unaccompanied)
trochaic septenarii (tr7): 20%
iambic octonarii (ia8): 14%
iambic septenarii (ia7): 9%
trochaic octonarii (tr8): 2%
trochaic quaternarii (tr4): less...
- when the
action of the play
moves on to a new phase.
iambic octonarii: 13%
Iambic octonarii are used by the boys and by
Syrus to
express their anxieties...
-
iambic senarii, tr7 =
trochaic septenarii, ia8 =
iambic octonarii, tr8 =
trochaic octonarii.
Unusually for Terence, the play
contains one
short polymetric...
-
trochaic septenarii (and also
iambic septenarii and
trochaic and
iambic octonarii) were
chanted or
recited (or
possibly sung) to the
sound of a pair of...
- Agorastocles, Collybiscus, and the
witnesses depart. Act 4.1 (817–822):
iambic octonarii (4 lines),
iambic septenarii (2 lines)
Milphio comes out into the street...
-
septenarii (tr7): 22%
iambic octonarii (ia8): 18%
iambic septenarii (ia7): 4%
cretic quaternarii (cr4): 1%
trochaic octonarii (tr8): 0.7% Many
Roman comedies...
-
septenarii (tr7): 25%
iambic septenarii (ia7): 14%
iambic octonarii (ia8): 13%
trochaic octonarii (tr8): 3%
Other metres (tr4, ia4, ia4cat) form less than...
- 127 lines,
cretics 77 lines,
bacchiacs 49 lines,
trochaic octonarii 31 lines,
iambic octonarii 22 lines,
other iambic metres 42 lines,
other trochaic metres...
-
abbreviations ia6 =
iambic senarii, tr7 =
trochaic septenarii, ia8 =
iambic octonarii and so on.
Prologue (lines 1–34): ia6 (34 lines) The play
begins with...
