iambic trimeter
11Choliamb — Choliambic verse (also known as limping iambs or scazons or halting iambic [1]) is a form of meter in poetry. It is found in both Greek and Latin poetry in the classical period. Choliambic verse is sometimes called scazon, or lame iambic ,… …
12Porson's Law — is a metrical law concerning a bridge in Greek iambic trimeters, the most common dialogue meter in Greek tragedy and comedy. In its most general form it states that, in anceps cretic or cretic anceps meters, such as the iambic trimeter, no word… …
13Resolution (meter) — Resolution is the metrical phenomenon in classical poetry of replacing a longum with two brevia. It is generally found in Greek lyric poetry and in Greek and Roman drama, most frequently in comedy.It should not be confused with a biceps, which is …
14iamb — /uy am, uy amb/, n. Pros. a foot of two syllables, a short followed by a long in quantitative meter, or an unstressed followed by a stressed in accentual meter, as in Come live / with me / and be / my love. [1835 45; short for IAMBUS] * * * ▪… …
15Brevis in longo — In Greek and Latin meter, a short syllable at the end of a line can be counted as long; this phenomenon is known as brevis in longo .The term comes from Latin, and means a short [syllable] in place of a long [syllable] . Brevis in longo is… …
16archilochian strophe — noun 1. : a dactylic hexameter followed by a lesser Archilochian 2. : a dactylic hexameter followed by an iambelegus 3. : an iambic trimeter followed by an elegiambus 4. : a greater Archilochian followed by an iambic trimeter catalectic …
17Archilochus — For the hummingbird genus, see Archilochus.Archilochus (Greek: Polytonic|Ἀρχίλοχος) (c. 680 BC c. 645 BC) was a Greek poet and supposed mercenary.Life and poetryThe details of his life are inferred from his poetry, doubtless including details… …
18Der Hölle Rache kocht in meinem Herzen — ( Hell s vengeance boils in my heart ) is the second aria sung by a coloratura soprano role Queen of the Night in Mozart s opera The Magic Flute (Die Zauberflöte). Contents 1 The aria 2 Music 3 Lyrics …
19The Dead Brother's Song — ( el. Το Τραγούδι Του Νεκρού Αδερφού, or most commonly Του Νεκρού Αδερφού) is a Greek poem, considered to be the oldest surviving dimotikó song of the Greek music.The song was composed in Asia Minor in the 9th century [Samuel Baud Bovy, La… …
20Nikolay Nekrasov — Born December 10 [O.S. November 28] 1821 Nemyriv Died 8 January 1878 [O.S. 28 December 1877] Occupa …
