Information AboutElegiac Couplet |
| CATEGORIES ABOUT ELEGIAC COUPLET | |
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Elegiac couplets consist of alternating lines of followed by a Long Syllable , a Caesura , then two more dactyls followed by a long syllable. The following is a graphic representation of its Scansion . Note that - is a long syllable, u a short syllable, and U either one long or two shorts: |
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