dactylic
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On the whole, however, among the Dactylic poets, from Ennius to Juvenal, the balance between natural and metrical accent remained unchanged.
From The History of Roman Literature From the earliest period to the death of Marcus Aurelius by Cruttwell, Charles Thomas
Those which he prefers are the Cretic and Bacchiac, though Dactylic and Choriambic systems are not wholly unknown.
From The History of Roman Literature From the earliest period to the death of Marcus Aurelius by Cruttwell, Charles Thomas
The Dactylic Hexameter, or Heroic Verse, consists theoretically of six dactyls.
From New Latin Grammar by Bennett, Charles E. (Charles Edwin)
If this is done there will be in common English verse only two possible feet—the so-called accentual Trochee and Dactyl, and correspondingly only two possible uniform rhythms, the so-called Trochaic and Dactylic.
From Poems of Gerard Manley Hopkins Now First Published by Bridges, Robert Seymour
Dactylic hexameter, 368. —— pentameter, 369. dapis, defective, 57, 6.
From New Latin Grammar by Bennett, Charles E. (Charles Edwin)
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