VERSIFICATION. 



chf es ; but it admits, in the fecond place, a fpondee, or its 

 ifochronal feet, a dactyl or anapill ; as, 



Non fa-l-clt qiiod | optat | ipse — Boct. 

 ^re I torvo | commi-]-nante3. — Boet. 

 Confci-|-5s fcele-l-ris ne | fandi Buch. 



5. The Anacreontic dimeter acataleftic has, in the firll 

 place, a pyrric, in the other three trochees ; as, 



Redi-]-mita | vere | tellus Claud. 



6. The Hipponaftic tetrameter acataleftic confifts of 

 eiirht trochees ; but it admits in the even places a ipoiidee 

 and its ifochroiial feet, an anapaelt, a daftyl, and fometimes 

 a proceleufmatic, and in the odd places a tribrac ; as, 



Appe-|-tente | vcrc | pnmo | cum te- -ner v!-!-reicit 

 I annus. — Scahg. 



But the comic writers referved to themfelves tiie fame 

 licence which charafterizes their cataleftic iambic tetra- 

 meters, and introduce all the above-mentioned iiidifcrimi- 

 nately in any place. 



Of the Anapxjllc. 



Anapaftic verfe is fo named, becaufe in any place of it 

 an anapaeft may be ufed. It admits, however, fo freely the 

 ifochronal feet, (the fpondee and the daftyl,) that there is 

 frequently not one anapaeft in an anapasftic verfe. 



1. The anapxllic dimeter acataleftic is feldom found in 

 ks pure itate ; as, 



Pharetrae-[-que graves | datfi f3e-|-va fero. — Seneca. 



But the fweeteft and moft common kind, is that which is 

 named the Ariftophanian or Pindaiic, which confifts of an 

 admixture of daftyls, fpondees, and anapxfts, excluding, 

 however, generally the daftyl from the fecond and fourth 

 places ; as, 



Qiiantl | casQs | huma-]-na rotant : 

 Minus In I parvis | fortii-l-na fiirit, 

 Leviuf-|-que ffirit | levi6-|-ra Dfius Seneca. 



The pyrric, the trochee, and the tribrac, were occaiionallv 

 fubftitutcd for the anapa:ft. The young poet muft here 

 obferve, that thofc an-ipseftics are the moft harmonious 

 which are without the caefura ; and next to thefe in elegance 

 are the lines in which each dipodia terminates with a word. 



2. The Simonidian dimeter acataleftic confifts of an 

 anapa;ft, a daftyl, or a fpondee, in the firft place, and in 

 the laft an anapaeft or fpondee ; as, 



Defle-|-tt viriim 



Quo non { <ilTus 



PotiiTt j cituis 



Difcerc | causas 



Una I tantum 



Parte au-]-dita 



Sspe et I neutra. — Seneca. 



3. The Parthenic tetrameter cataleftic, having in the 

 firft and fecond places either an anapxft or a fpondee ; in 

 the third only an anapxft ; and, laftly, the cataleftic fyl- 

 lablc ; as, 



ITtinam | modo n6f-|-tra ri!di-|-rcnt 



In m6-|-rcs tem-|-p6r!l prif-|-cos. — Boet. 



4. The Archebuliau pentameter acataleftic, (denominated 

 from the inventor Archebiilus, ) confifts of four anapsits 

 and a bacchic ; thus, 



Genfiri I dStiir auc-|-t6r huic | vetus Ar-|-chebulus. 



Terent. 

 Of the greater Alcaic. 



The greater Alcaic is an hypercataloftic tetrameter, con- 

 lifting of an iambic pcnthemimer, foUov/ed by a choriambu-. 

 and aa iambus ; as, 



Coelef-|-tis ar-|-cTs || nobilis in-|-c61a. — Prudent. 



The caefura more frequently occurs in the laft fyllable of 

 a word at the cataleftic lyllablc, as above. In Horace, 

 however, the caefura is fometimes found in the beginning of 

 a word, fometimes in the middle, and fometimes it is a 

 monofyllable. 



In the firft place, Horace has feldom an iambut, but gene- 

 rally, and Prudentius altvays, a fpondee. 



Of the Iff Alcaic. 



This metre confifts of two daftyls, followed by two 

 trochees ; and is, therefore, a daftylico-trochaic tetrameter ; 

 as, 



Levia I pers6nCi-|-ere | faxa. — Horace. 



Of the Pyrric. 



In Terentianus and Aufonius we find a pyrric tetrameter 

 cataleftic ; as, 



Perit I abit I avi-|-pedis | ani-j-miila | lep6-[-ris. 



Terent. 



Of the Ionic a Majorc. 



1. The pure great ionic tetrameter acataleftic confifts of 

 four great ionics ; as. 



Fecit fatis I aegriinr. rabi-|-em qui d6m6-j-It femlnx. 



Scalig. 



2. The mixed great ionic,, (or Sotadic, from the poet 

 Sotades, ) confifts of three great ionics and a fpondee ; as, 



Vocalia I quaedam memo-j-rant consdnS | qua-darn. 



Terent. 



This kind of verfe oftener admits, in the third place, a 

 dichoree inftcad of a great ionic ; thus. 



Has cum gemi-j-na compt-de | dedicat ca-]-tenas. 



Mart. 



It admits alfo, in all the places but the laft, the fecond 

 paeon, the fecond epitrite, and the dichoree ; and in almoft 

 every place a long quantity may be refolved into (hort 

 fyllables. 



Of the Ionic a Minore. 



This verfe receives its name from the foot, the ionic a 

 minore, which it employs in every place. It is more ufiially 

 either a trimeter or tetrameter. Thus Horace, Carm. iii. 

 12. after two trimeters places a tetrameter ; as, 



MtfCrarum eft, | ncque ilmori | dare ludum 

 Neqiie dulci | m.nla vino | lavcre aut ex- 

 anTmari | metiientes ] patrux ver-|-bcra llngux. 



The learned Bentlcy was, however, of opinion, that this 

 compolition of Horace's confifts of ten fmall ionics, withinit 

 any paufe, and that, therefore, tlie whole of the ode is 

 fintftied in four decnpodis of this kind. 



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