-
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...
- 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...
- unaccompanied)
trochaic septenarii (tr7): 20%
iambic octonarii (ia8): 14%
iambic septenarii (ia7): 9%
trochaic octonarii (tr8): 2%
trochaic quaternarii (tr4): less...
-
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...
-
iambic senarii, tr7 =
trochaic septenarii, ia8 =
iambic octonarii, tr8 =
trochaic octonarii.
Unusually for Terence, the play
contains one
short polymetric...
-
septenarii (tr7): 22%
iambic octonarii (ia8): 18%
iambic septenarii (ia7): 4%
cretic quaternarii (cr4): 1%
trochaic octonarii (tr8): 0.7% Many
Roman comedies...
- been songs. In this play
various metres are used for the songs:
iambic octonarii,
mixed with
trochaic septenarii and
other metres, for the "running slave"...
- street, out of sight. Act 4.3 (470–489):
trochaic septenarii mixed with
octonarii (20 lines)
Dordalus comes out,
congratulating himself on the
profit he...
- 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): 25%
iambic septenarii (ia7): 14%
iambic octonarii (ia8): 13%
trochaic octonarii (tr8): 3%
Other metres (tr4, ia4, ia4cat) form less than...