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Dactylic and spondaic rhythms are used with artistic variation , cf. 104 with 105. The latter line has a strong pause after the first foot , and closes with an abrupt monsyllable , in keeping with the thought .
Dactylic and spondaic rhythms are used with artistic variation , cf. 104 with 105. The latter line has a strong pause after the first foot , and closes with an abrupt monsyllable , in keeping with the thought .
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( In 181 the bucolic diaeresis , aided by alliteration of p sounds , accords with the note of expectancy . In 184 there is a tone of disappointment in the spondaic rhythm , while in 186 the same rhythm is picturesque ( longum agmen ) .
( In 181 the bucolic diaeresis , aided by alliteration of p sounds , accords with the note of expectancy . In 184 there is a tone of disappointment in the spondaic rhythm , while in 186 the same rhythm is picturesque ( longum agmen ) .
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( In this passage , in contrast with the prevailing tone we must note such a remarkable line as 617 , in which besides the general spondaic rhythm we have the spondaic fifth foot . Thus the tone of astonish- ment is emphasized , and in ...
( In this passage , in contrast with the prevailing tone we must note such a remarkable line as 617 , in which besides the general spondaic rhythm we have the spondaic fifth foot . Thus the tone of astonish- ment is emphasized , and in ...
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ablative according accusative Aeneas Aeneid alliteration Anchises Apollo arma atque Augustus bring called carry circum clause close course dactyls dative death Dido effect emphatic explained expression fall father force give gods Greek haec hand heaven hero Homer honor idea implies inter ipse Italy itus Jupiter king land Lines literally manus means mihi nunc offer omnis pass passage pater poet poetical present quae quam quid quis reference rhythm Roman Rome sail sense shows sound spondaic story subst super temple terras thought tibi tion Troia Trojan Troy turn Venus verb verse Virgil wind
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| Title | Aeneid Books I-VI The students' series of Latin classics |
| Author | Virgil |
| Editors | Henry Rushton Fairclough, Seldon Lester Brown |
| Publisher | Sanborn, 1936 |
| Length | 655 pages |
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