- "ABC succession",
where A =
iambic senarii, B =
other metres, and C =
trochaic septenarii.
Taking iambic senarii as the
beginning of a section, and trochaic...
- in the plays. The most
common are
iambic senarii and
trochaic septenarii. As far as is known,
iambic senarii were
spoken without music;
trochaic septenarii...
- Plautus's
plays the
usual pattern is to
begin each
section with
iambic senarii (which were
spoken without music), then a
scene of
music in
various metres...
- Plautus's
plays a
common pattern is to
begin each
section with
iambic senarii (which were
spoken without music), then a
scene of
music in
various metres...
- the Eunuchus, in
terms of the
numbers of lines, are as follows:
iambic senarii (ia6): 54% (this
metre was unaccompanied)
trochaic septenarii (tr7): 20%...
- metres. The
usual metrical pattern is to
begin each
section with
iambic senarii (which were
spoken without music), then a song (canti****) in
various metres...
-
changes of metre. The
usual pattern is to
begin each
section with
iambic senarii (which were
spoken without music), then a
scene of
music in
various metres...
- its
direct and
immediate address to the
audience and by its
switch from
senarii in the
dialogue to
iambic septenarii. The
resulting shift of mood distracts...
- houses. The
metrical scheme of the play is
relatively simple. If A =
iambic senarii, B =
other metres, and C =
trochaic septenarii, the
scheme is as follows:...
- follows,
taking A =
iambic senarii, B =
other metres, C =
trochaic septenarii: ABC, AC, AC, AB, AC, BABC Act 1 (1–143):
iambic senarii (125 lines) The Prologue...
