VERSIFICAIION. 



4. An Iambic Dhiti-I.'f BrachycalakHk. — This form cnii- 

 firts of three iambic t'i:et ; being one foot lefs than the iam- 

 bic dimeter ; as, 



Though in the utmofl peak 

 A while we do remain, 

 Amongft the mountains bleak, 

 Expos'd to fleet and rain, 

 Nor fport our hours (hall break. 

 To exercife our vein. — Drayton. 



5. An Iambic Dimeter Galaleffic. — This verfe is only one 

 fyllable lefs than the iambic dimeter ; as, 



OCir hearts no longer languifti. 



6. An Iambic Dimeter AcataleSic. — This form contains 

 cxaAly, witliout redundance or defeft, two iambic metres, 

 or four feet ; as. 



The fpacious firmament 6n high 

 With all the blue ethereal /ley 

 And fpangled heav'ns, a (hining frame, 

 Their great original proclaim. — Addifon. 



7. An Iambic Trimeter Brachycataleaic. — This fpecies of 

 verfe contains one foot, (or two fyllables,) lefs than the 

 iambic trimeter ; as, 



Defer not till to m5rrow to be wife ; 

 To-morrow's fun to thee may never rife. 



The cobwcbb'd cottage with its ragged wall 



Of mouldr'ing mud is royalty to me ! 



The fpider's moil attenuated thread 



Is cord, is cable to man's tender tie 



On earthly bhfs ; it breaks at every breeze. — Young. 



This is alfo termed the heroic meafure. In its pure or 

 unmixed ftatc it confills of live iambic feet only. But here 

 we may remark, once for all, that not only this, but moll 

 of the EngliOi common mcafures admit, for the fake of va- 

 riety, of the occafional introduftion of other feet, as the 

 trochee, daftyl, anapscft, &c. 



8. An Iambic Trimeter Acatakilic. — This verfe is com- 

 monly called the Alexandrine. It confifts of fix iambic 

 feet ; as, 



Efpecial aijdicnce craves, offended with tht throng. 



Drayton. 



The Alexandrine verfe is now ufed only to diverfify heroic 

 lines ; as. 



The seas fliall wafte, the (kies in fmoke decay. 

 Rocks fall to dull, and mountains melt away ; 

 But fis'd his word, his faving pow'r remains ; 

 Thy realm for iter Wijls, thy oiun Alcjtiah reigns. 



<j. An Iambic Tetrameter Brachycata/eHic.—Tlm lad iambic 

 form coniifts of Cue foot lefs than four iambic metres, i. e. 

 of {even iambufes ; as. 



And as the Trilnd of fuch ii man, that hath ^ long way gone, 

 And either knowcth not hia way, or clfe wdiild let alone. 



Cliapman. 



But it is more ufual now to break this verfe into a lyric 

 meafure, or ioto two verfes, confiftmg alternately of Mght 

 and fix fyllables ; as. 



When in the flipp'fy paths of youth, 



With htedltfs fteps, I ran. 

 Thine arm imfeen, convey 'd me fafc. 

 And led mc up to man.— -Addifon. 



II. Trochaic Verfe. 



I • A Trochaic Manometer Calaleflic. — This, which is the 

 fhortell trochaic verfo in the. Engliih language, confi<U of 

 one trochee and a long fyllable ; as. 



Other joys 



Are but toys. — Walton. 



2. A Trochaic Manometer AcataleSic. — This verfe confitlo 

 of one trochaic metre, or two trochaic feet ; but both this 

 and tlie lall verfe are too brief to form a monocolon ; as, 



In the grafsy 

 MeadOw verdSnt. 



3- A Trochaic Manometer UypercataltSic. — This form of 

 trochaic verfe contains one fyllable more than the exaCl tro- 

 chaic mononieter ; as, 



Happy farming age. 

 Healthy, blithe and sage. 



4. A Trochaic Dimeter Brachycataleliic. — This fpecies of 

 trochaic verfe contains two fyllables, or one foot lefs than 

 two trochaic metres ; i. e, three trochees ; as. 



Bloom ye fummer rofes. 



5. A Trochaic Dimeter Cataleffic confifts of one fyllable 

 lefs than two trochaic metres ; or of three trochees with an 

 additional long fyllable ; as, 



Faireft piece of well-f orm'd earth 



Urge not thus your haughty birth.— Waller. 



6. A Trochaic Dimeter AcataleSic contains two trochaic 

 metres or four trochaic feet ; as, 



Round lis ftiine the fun-beams brighter. 



7. A Trochaic Dimeter Hypercalaledic contains a long fyl- 

 lable more than the laft verfe ; as. 



See yon clouds that now difplrfe and clear. 



8. A Trochaic Trimeter Brachycatak8ic is, as well as the 

 lall, feldom employed ; it contains five trochaic feet, and, cf 

 courfe, one foot lefs than three trochaic metres | as, 



AH that walk dn foot, or ride in chariots. 

 All that dwell in palaces or garrets. 



9. A Trochaic Trimeter AcataleSic contains fix trochff'. 

 or three trochaic metres ; as, 



On 3 mountain ftrctch'd beneath a h5ary willow 

 Lay a fliepherd fwain, and view'd the rolling billow. 



III. Anaptflic Verfe. 



The reader will recoUeft that we have already faid, that 

 in daftyhc and anapa'ftic meafure one foot forms a metrr, 

 but in every other cafe, two feet form a metre. 



1. The Anapajlic Manometer Acataleflic contains, witheiit 

 rcdimdancc or uefeft, one anapxdic foot ; as, 



Now again 

 They remain. 



But ns by laying the ftrefs of the voice on the fiill fyl- 

 lable, we reduce the verfe into trochaic rhythm, this miafurc 

 18 ambiguous ; hence the fimpleft form of^ our reguhir ana- 

 pseftic verfe is the 



2 . i1iiap.tflic Dimeter Acataleflic, or verfe of two anapacflic 

 (e(t ; ii%, 



FCr no art c6uld avail. 



3. The 



