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... iamb or a trochee . The matter becomes still more interesting when we look at Poem 1 : here four of the ten lines begin with an iamb or a trochee.18 These facts taken together strongly suggest that at some stage Catullus relaxed his ...
... iamb or a trochee . The matter becomes still more interesting when we look at Poem 1 : here four of the ten lines begin with an iamb or a trochee.18 These facts taken together strongly suggest that at some stage Catullus relaxed his ...
Page 270
... iambs . . . . 40. 1-2 ( addressed to an unknown Ravidus ) : Quaenam te mala mens , miselle Rauide , agit praecipitem in meos iambos ? . . . What ill - advised decision , my poor unhappy Ravidus , sent you headlong against my iambs ...
... iambs . . . . 40. 1-2 ( addressed to an unknown Ravidus ) : Quaenam te mala mens , miselle Rauide , agit praecipitem in meos iambos ? . . . What ill - advised decision , my poor unhappy Ravidus , sent you headlong against my iambs ...
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... iamb , a variation on the basic pattern - in effect a senarius catalectic , in which a trochee regularly replaced the second iamb and a trochee or a spondee was permitted in place of the first iamb . 51 It seems reasonable to suppose ...
... iamb , a variation on the basic pattern - in effect a senarius catalectic , in which a trochee regularly replaced the second iamb and a trochee or a spondee was permitted in place of the first iamb . 51 It seems reasonable to suppose ...
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