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FIFTH.

SIXTH.

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2 Trāhunt que sic-cās-machi-næ că-rīnas.Iambic SArchilochic.

Stanza of four Verses.

1 A Spondee, two Choriambics, and a Pyrrhic.

2 The same.

3 A Spondee, a Dactyl, and a Spondee.
4 A Spondee, and two Dactyls; as,

Ode 14, lib. 1.

O Na-vīs, rěfĕrēnt-în mără te-novi

2 Flüctüs.-ō quid agis?-förtiter oc-cupă Asclepiad.

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3 Pōrtum.-nōnně vĭ-dēs, ūt. Pherecratian.

4 Nūdūm rēmīgi-ō lătūs, Glyconic.

Stanza of four Verses.

1 A Spondee, two Choriambics, and a Pyrrhic.

1 The same.

3 The same.

4 A Spondee, and two Dactyls; as,

Ode 6, lib. 1.

1 Scribe-ris Văriō-fōrtis ět hōs-tĭum
2 Victōr-Mæŏnii-carminis ā-litě.

3 Quam rem-cunque fĕrōx-nāvībus aut-equis clepiad

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SEVENTH.

Mīlēs tē ducě-gēssĕrit. Glyconic.

Stanza of two Verses.

1 An Hexameter.

2 The four last feet of an Hexameter; as,

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EIGHTH.

NINTH.

Ode 7, lib. 1.

1 Lauda-būnt ǎli-i cla-rām Rhodŏn-āūt

Mity-lēnēn,

Co-rinthi

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Heroic.

Aūt Ephě-sum bimă-rīsvě? Dactylic

Stanza of two Verses.

1 A Choriambic and a Bacchic.

2 Epitrit, two Choriambics, and a Bacchic.

Ode 8, lib. 1.

Lydia dic-pěr ōmnēs. Aristophanic.

Alemanic.

2 Te Deōs ō-rō Sỹbărīn-cūr propĕrās? Choriambic

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TENTH.

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1 Vīdēsŭt āl-tā-stēt nĭvě-cāndĭdům

2 Sōractě, nec-jam-sustinendidum? Dactylic Alcaic. nēc-jām-sūstině-ānt

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3 Sylvæǎbō-rantēs,-gělū-que. Iambic Archilochic.

4 Flumnǎ-constitĕ-rīnt ǎ-cūtă. Dactylic Alcaic.

A Sondee, three Choriambics, and a Pyrrhic or Iambc; as

Ode 11, lib. 1.

Tū nēquæsiĕrīs-scīrē (něfās) -quēm mìhì

quen-tibi. Choriambic Alcaic.

All theeleventh Ode is scanned in the same manner.

ELEVENTH.

Stanza of two Verses.

1 A Trochee, a Choriambic, and a Pyrrhic.

2 Fiv Iambics, and a Cæsura.

Ode 18, lib. 2.

1 Nm ĕ-būr něquè ãu-rěŭm. Hipponactian.

2 Mea-rĕnī-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 Dīffū-gērě nĭ-vēs rědě-ūnt jām-grāmĭnă-cām-
pīs. Heroic.

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THIRTEENTH.

Arbori-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-tĕr āl-tā nā-vĭum. Iambic Hipponactic. ǎmi-cě prō-pūgnā-călă. Iambic Archilochic.

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FIFTEENTH.

Nives-quě dē-dūcūnt-Jŏvěn. Archilochic.
Nunc mărě-nūnc sĭlů-æ.

Stanza of two Verses.

1 An Hexameter.

2 Five Iambics, and a Pyrrhic.

Epode 16.

1 Altĕră-jām tĕri-tūr bēl-līs ci-vilibusætās. Heroic.
Suis-ět īp-să Rō-mă viribus-růĭt. Iambic

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Hipponactic.

SIXTEENTH. The 1st, 3d, and 5th feet Sponde or Iambic, 2d, 4th and 6th Iambic; as,

Epode 17.

Jāmjam ēf-fĭcā-cī dō-mănūs-sciēn-tĭa. 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

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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.

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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.

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