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——;;320 PROSODY.—METRE. § 163for Hexameter heroic verse, which requires a dactyl in <strong>the</strong> fifth, and aspondee in <strong>the</strong> sixth place. Change <strong>the</strong> order thus,Omnipotentis Olympi panditur intereadomus,and <strong>the</strong> rhythm remains as perfect as before, but <strong>the</strong> metre is destroyedit is no longer a Hexameter heroic line.2. <strong>The</strong> principal metres used in <strong>Latin</strong> poetry are six ; namely 1. Iambic,2. Trochaic. 3. Anapaestic. 4. Dactylic. 5. Choriambic. 6. Ionic. <strong>The</strong>se arcso called from <strong>the</strong> foot which prevails in <strong>the</strong>m.<strong>The</strong>se different kinds <strong>of</strong> verse, in certain varieties, are also designatedby <strong>the</strong> names <strong>of</strong> certain poets, who ei<strong>the</strong>r invented <strong>the</strong>m, or made specialuse <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong>m in <strong>the</strong>ir writings. Thus, we have Asclepiadic, Glyconian,Alcaic, Sapphic, Pherecratian,

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