The works of Horace : with English notes, critical and ... - Cristo Raul

METRES OF HOKACE. .XIX
PlmlsBcian, from the poet Phalsecius, who used it in some of his
(nmpositions.
13. ASCLEPIADIC CHORIAMBIC TETEAMETER.
This verse, so called from the poet Asclepi&des, consists of a
spondee, two cboriambi, and an iambus ; as,
M.cece\nas dtdv%s \\
editi re\gibils.
The CcEsural pause takes place' at the end of the first choriambus,
on which account some are accustomed to scan the line
as a dactylic pentameter catalectic ; as,
Maci\nds dtd\vis || edUS | rlglhiis.
But this mode of scanning the verse is condemned by Teren-
tianus. Horace uniformly adheres to the arrangement given
above. Other poets, however, sometimes, though very rarely,
make the first foot a dactyK
14. CHORIAMBIC TRIMETER, OR GLTCONIC.
The Glyconic verse (so called from the poet Glyco) consists
of a spondee, a choriambus, and an iambus ; as.
Sic te II dlvd, pStens \ Cypn.
But the first foot was sometimes varied to an iambus or a tro-
chee; as,
Bdnls II crede fuga\ciius. (Bogthius.)
Vlds I! implicat ar\'bores. (Catullus.)
Horace, however, who makes frequent use of this measure,
invariably uses the spondee in the first place. As the pause in
this species of verse always occurs after the first foot, a Glyco-
nic may hence be easily scanned as a dactylic trimeter, provid-
ed a spondee occupy the first place in the line ; as.
Sic te I dlvd, pS[tens Cyprl.
15. CHORIAMBIC TRIMETER CATALECTIC, OR FHERECRATIC.
The Pherecratic verse (so called from the poet Pherecrites)
is the Glyconic (No. 14) deprived of its final syllable, and con
sistB of a spondee, a choriambus, and a catalectic syllable ;
GratS 1 Pyrrhd sUh dn\trO.
Horace uniformly adheres to this arrangement, and hence n
him it may be scanned as a dactylic trimeter
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