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::;328 PROSODY.—METRE. § 167forming two vowels into a diphthong; a'e, e'i, o'i, into ce, ei, oior, pionouncing <strong>the</strong> two syllables as one ;thus, ea, iu, as if ya,yu, &c. ; as, aurea, aurya ; films, filyus ; and ua, ui, &c, asif wa, wi ; thus, genua, genwa; tenuis, tenwis.4. Diceresis divides one syllable into two ; as, auldi, foraulce ; Troice, for Trojce ; Perseus, for Perseus; miluus, formilvus ; solicit, for solvit ; voluit, for volvit ; aqicce, suetus, suasit,Suevos, relanguit, reliqiias, for aquce, suetus, &c. ; as,Aulai in medio libabant pocula Bacchi. Virg.Stamina non ulli dissoliienda Deo. Pentam. Tibullus.5. Systole makes a long syllable short ; as, <strong>the</strong> penult intulerunt ; thus,Matri longa de-| |cem tule- |runt fas- |tidia|menses. Virg.6. Diastole makes a short syllable long ; as, <strong>the</strong> last syllable<strong>of</strong> dw.or in <strong>the</strong> following versemor, et |mosnia|condant. Yirg.Consi-|dant, si- |tantus a- |§ 167. STANZA.868.—A poem may consist <strong>of</strong> one or more kinds <strong>of</strong> verse. When apoem consists <strong>of</strong> one kind <strong>of</strong> verse, it is called monocolon ; <strong>of</strong> two, dicolon ;<strong>of</strong> three, tricolon.869.—<strong>The</strong> different kinds <strong>of</strong> verse in a poem are usually combined inregular portions called stanzas, or strophes, each <strong>of</strong> which contains <strong>the</strong>same number <strong>of</strong> lines, <strong>the</strong> same kinds <strong>of</strong> verse, and <strong>the</strong>se arranged in <strong>the</strong>same order.870.—When a stanza or strophe consists <strong>of</strong> two lines, <strong>the</strong> poem iscalled distrophon ; <strong>of</strong> three lines, tristrophon; <strong>of</strong> four, tetrastropliun.Hence poems, according to <strong>the</strong> number <strong>of</strong> kinds <strong>of</strong> verse which <strong>the</strong>y contain,and <strong>the</strong> number <strong>of</strong> lines in <strong>the</strong> stanza, are characterized as followsMonocolon, one kind <strong>of</strong> verse in <strong>the</strong> poem.Dicolon distrophon, two kinds <strong>of</strong> verse, and two lines in <strong>the</strong> stanza.Dicolon tristrophon, two kinds <strong>of</strong> verse, three lines in <strong>the</strong> stanza.Dicolon tetrastrophon, two kinds <strong>of</strong> verse, four lines in <strong>the</strong> stanza.Tricolon tristrophon, three kinds <strong>of</strong> verse, three lines in <strong>the</strong> stanza.Tricolon tetrastrophon, three kinds <strong>of</strong> verse, four lines in <strong>the</strong> stanza.§ 168. COMBINATIONS OF METRES IN HORACE.871.—Horace makes use <strong>of</strong> nineteen different species <strong>of</strong> metre combinedin eighteen different ways. <strong>The</strong>y are arranged as follows, accordingto <strong>the</strong> order <strong>of</strong> preference given <strong>the</strong>m by <strong>the</strong> poet. <strong>The</strong> references here,where not marked, are to § 164.
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