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nasJanenasPyrrhadiveantra|quernCypri.:;§ 164 PROSODY.—METKE. 8255. Dactylic trimeter (or Choriambic Trimeter Catalectic), consists<strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> last three feet <strong>of</strong> a hexameter line (See Choriambicverse) ;as.Grate sub Hoe.| |6. Dactylic trimeter catalectic, also called Archilochian pen<strong>the</strong>mirueris,consists <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> first five half feet <strong>of</strong> a hexameterline ;as,Arbori- |busque co-| mse. Hon.7. Dactylic dimeter or Adonic—commonly used to concludea Sapphic Stanza—consists <strong>of</strong> a dactyl and spondee ;Rislt A- polio.|863.—V. CHORIAMBIC METRE.thus,In Choriambic verse, <strong>the</strong> leading foot is a choriambus; butin <strong>the</strong> varieties <strong>of</strong> this metre, different o<strong>the</strong>r feet are admitted,chiefly at <strong>the</strong> beginning or end <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> line, or both. <strong>The</strong>principal varieties are <strong>the</strong> following1. <strong>The</strong> Choriambic tetrameter consists <strong>of</strong> a spondee, threechoriambi, and an iambus ;as,Tu ne quaesieris|scire nef as|mihi quern tibL|2. Choriambic tetrameter, consists <strong>of</strong> three choriambi, orfeet equivalent in length, and a Bacchius ;.Jane pater|tuens|as,biceps |biformis.Horace altered without improving this metre, by substituting a spondeefor <strong>the</strong> iambus in <strong>the</strong> first foot ;as,Te deos 6- ro Sybarin| |

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