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TECHNICAL MEANS




TROPES




MEASURES OF VERSE



Types of Metre

Below, "short/long" definitions of a Syllable of Classical Languages correspond to "unstressed/stressed" of English Language .



TETRASYLLABLES

  • tetrabrach or proceleusmatic: short-short-short-short

  • quartus paeon: short-short-short-long

  • tertius paeon: short-short-long-short

  • minor ionic, or double iamb: short-short-long-long

  • secundus paeon: short-long-short-short

  • diamb: short-long-short-long

  • antispast: short-long-long-short

  • first epitrite: short-long-long-long

  • primus paeon: long-short-short-short

  • Choriamb : long-short-short-long

  • ditrochee: long-short-long-short

  • second epitrite: long-short-long-long

  • major ionic: long-long-short-short

  • third epitrite: long-long-short-long

  • fourth epitrite: long-long-long-short

  • dispondee: long-long-long-long



Types of line



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PERIODS, STYLES AND MOVEMENTS


''For movements see List Of Schools Of Poetry .''