OF THE METHOD OF SCANNING HORACE'S ODES AND EPODES. FIRST SORT. A Spondee, two Choriambics, and a Pyrrhic; as, Ode 1, lib. 1. Mæcē-nās ǎtǎvīs-ēdītě rē-gibus. Asclepiad measure. SECOND. THIRD. FOURTH. Stanza of four Verses. 1 Trochee, a Spondee, a Dactyl, and two Trochees, 1 Jām să-tīs tēr-ris nivis atque-dîræ, 2 Grāndi-nīs mī sīt pătĕr-ēt rů-bēntě, Sapphic. 4 -Tērruit-urbēm. Adonic. Stanza of two Verses. 1 A Spondee, a Choriambic, and Pyrrhic; commonly followed by 2 A Spondee, two Choriambics, and a Pyrrhic, as, Ode 3, lib. 1. 1 Sic te-Divă potēns-Cypri, Glyconic. 2 Sic fra-tres Hělěnæ lucidă Si-dĕră. Asclepiad. Stanza of two Verses. 1 The four first feet of an Hexameter, and three Trochees; commonly followed by 2 A Spondee, an Iambic with a long syllable, and three Trochees; or, 3 Two Iambics with a long syllable, and three Trochees; as, Ode 4, lib. 1. 1 Sōlvitur-âcris hy-ēms grā-tā vicě-vēris-ēt? Dactylic Fă-vōnĭ. b Archilochic, FIFTH. SIXTH. 2 Trähūnt que sīc-cās-māchi-næ că-rīnas. Iambic Stanza of four Verses. 1 A Spondee, two Choriambics, and a Pyrrhic. 2 The same. 3 A Spondee, a Dactyl, and a Spondee. Ode 14, lib. 1. 1 O Nã-vīs, refĕrēnt-în mără te-novi Stanza of four Verses. Asclepiad. 1 A Spondee, two Choriambics, and a Pyrrhic. 3 The same. 4 A Spondee, and two Dactyls; as, Ode 6, lib. 1. 1 Scribe-rīs Văriō-fōrtis ĕt hōs-tĭum 3 Quam rēm-cũnquè fèrōx-nāvībus aut-ĕquis EIGHTH. NINTH. Asclepiad Ode 7, lib. 1. } Heroic. bimă-rīsv Aût Ephě-sum bĭmă-rīsvě? Dactylic Stanza of two Verses. 1 A Choriambic and a Bacchic. 2 Epitrit, two Choriambics, and a Bacchic. Ode 8, lib. 1. 1 Lydiă dic-pěr ōmnēs. Aristophanic. Choriambic 2 Tē Děōs ō-rō Sỹbărîn-cũr properas Alcaic. TENTH. 1 Vidēs-út al-tā-stēt nĭvě-candĭdům Dactylic Alcaic. 3 Sylvæ-lăbō-rantēs,-gèlū-quē. Iambic Archilochic. A Spondee, three Choriambics, and a Pyrrhic or Ode 11, lib. 1. Tū nē-quæsiĕrīs-scīrě (něfās) -quēm mihi quem-tibi. Choriambic Alcaic. All the eleventh Ode is scanned in the same manner. ELEVENTH. Stanza of two Verses. 1 A Trochee, a Choriambic, and a Pyrrhic. 2 Five Iambics, and a Cæsura. Ode 18, lib. 2. 1 Nōn ĕ-būr nèquĕ âu-rěŭm. Hipponactian. 2 Měā-rĕni-dět în-domō-lăcū-nār. Iambic Archilochic. TWELFTH. Stanza of two Verses. 1 An Hexameter. 2 Two Dactyls, and a long syllable; as, Ode 7, lib. 4. 1 Diffu-gērě ní-vēs rědě-ūnt jām-grāmînă-cām- 2 THIRTEENTH. Arborĭ-busque comæ. Dactylic Archilochic. Stanza of two Verses. 1 1st, 3d, and 5th feet Iambic, or Spondee, 2d, and 4th Iambics, 6th, a Pyrrhic. 2 1st and 3d Iambic or Spondee, 2d, an Iambic, 4th, a Pyrrhic; as, Epode 1. 1 Ibis-Libūr-nīs īn-ter āl-tā nā-vĭům. Iambic Hipponactic. 2 3 FIFTEENTH. Nives-quě dē-dūcũnt-Jŏvěm. Archilochic. Stanza of two Verses. 1 An Hexameter. 2 Five lambics, and a Pyrrhic. Epode 16. 1 Altĕră-jām tĕri-tūr bēl-līs ci-vilibus-ætās. Heroic. 2 Hipponactic. SIXTEENTH. The 1st, 3d, and 5th feet Spondee or Iambic, 2d, 4th and 6th Iambic; as, Epode 17. Jāmjam ēf-fica-cī dō-mănūs-scien-tiæ. Iambic Hippo nactic. A verse is called, 1. Acatalecticus, when it is every way complete, and has no syllable wanting nor superfluous, as in this Iambic, Musa Jovem sunt filia. 2. Catalecticus, when it wants a syllable at the end, as Musa Jovem canebant. 3. Brachycatalecticus, when it wants a foot at the end, as Musa Jovis Gnate. 4. Hypercatalecticus, or Hypermeter, when it has one or two syllables beyond its just measure, as When an ode consists of one sort of verse only, it is called Monoclos, as Ode I. Book I. When of two sorts of verse, it is called Dicolos, as Ode II. Book I. And When of three sorts of verse, it is called Tricolos, as Ode V. Book I. According to the number of verses in a Strophe or Stanza, an Ode takes its name. If the same sort of verse return after the second line, it is called Distrophos, as Ode III. Book I. If after the third line, it is called Tristrophos, as Ode III. Book III. And If after the fourth line, it is called Tetrastrophos, as Ode II. Book I. |