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Page xix
... Caesura is a division of the verse caused by the ending of a word in the middle , and not at the end of a foot ; in iambic trimeters ( and dactylic hexameters ) it is found almost invariably in the third or fourth foot ; in the former ...
... Caesura is a division of the verse caused by the ending of a word in the middle , and not at the end of a foot ; in iambic trimeters ( and dactylic hexameters ) it is found almost invariably in the third or fourth foot ; in the former ...
Page xx
... caesura seems to have been that some division of the line was necessary to relieve the monotony of the rhythm , that this division would naturally be wanted about the middle of the line , but that if it occurred exactly at the middle ...
... caesura seems to have been that some division of the line was necessary to relieve the monotony of the rhythm , that this division would naturally be wanted about the middle of the line , but that if it occurred exactly at the middle ...
Page xxiii
... caesura in the middle of the 5th foot ; in the 43 lines in the Captiui there are 24 instances of caesura alone and 7 of diaeresis alone , while in the other 12 there are both . The iambus is alone admissible in the 8th foot , and ...
... caesura in the middle of the 5th foot ; in the 43 lines in the Captiui there are 24 instances of caesura alone and 7 of diaeresis alone , while in the other 12 there are both . The iambus is alone admissible in the 8th foot , and ...
Page xxvii
... prefixed to the Iambic Senarius ; at any rate the caesura in the latter corresponds to the diaeresis in the former , thus jeuthem , erasura - de verits 65 and Luchs maintains that in the early dramatists the THE METRES OF PLAUTUS . xxvii.
... prefixed to the Iambic Senarius ; at any rate the caesura in the latter corresponds to the diaeresis in the former , thus jeuthem , erasura - de verits 65 and Luchs maintains that in the early dramatists the THE METRES OF PLAUTUS . xxvii.
Page xxxv
... caesura : e.g. Verg . Ecl . III . 6 Et succus pecori | et lac subducitur agnis . ( 1 ) Similarly in Pl . hiatus is generally admitted at the diaeresis of tetrameters , e.g , Mil . 358 Quid ais tu , Sceledre ? S. Hanc rém gero ; habeo ...
... caesura : e.g. Verg . Ecl . III . 6 Et succus pecori | et lac subducitur agnis . ( 1 ) Similarly in Pl . hiatus is generally admitted at the diaeresis of tetrameters , e.g , Mil . 358 Quid ais tu , Sceledre ? S. Hanc rém gero ; habeo ...
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