- 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...
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classical trochaic tetrameter contains 16
syllables (15
syllables if
catalectic). The
rhythm of a line of an
English trochaic tetrameter is:
Using the...
- 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...
- – | ⏓ ⏓ ⏑ – | ⏓ – – | (
trimeter catalectic) | ⏓ ⏓ ⏑ – | ⏓ ⏓ ⏑ – | (dimeter) | ⏓ ⏓ ⏑ – | ⏓ – – | (dimeter
catalectic)
Uniquely among the
classical Arabic...
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Philips had
written a
series of odes in a new
prosody of seven-syllable
catalectic trochaic tetrameter and
dedicated it to "all ages and characters, from...
- 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...
-
limited significance or utility, at
least by
comparison to its antonym,
catalectic, for the
simple reason that
acatalexis is
considered to be the "usual...
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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...
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variation on this
metre was the
iambic septenarius, or
iambic tetrameter catalectic. This was
similar but with the last
syllable omitted. The
example below...
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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...