[Bards] Need help with formats
John F. Hirling
jhirling at houston.rr.com
Fri Nov 26 05:47:28 PST 2004
My preference is
--veni vidi fugi, vivo--
--ihon
----- Original Message -----
From: GottfriedSBK
To: Jay Rudin ; Ansteorran Bardic list
Sent: Friday, November 26, 2004 4:05 AM
Subject: Re: [Bards] Need help with formats
Then the italian would be more correct-- pardon the spelling?
Veni, Vidi, Vicci, the end.
Gottfried
----- Original Message -----
From: Jay Rudin
To: Ansteorran Bardic list
Sent: Thursday, November 25, 2004 9:13 AM
Subject: Re: [Bards] Need help with formats
Mostly. That line could be in an iambic tetrameter verse, but it contains one metrical variation. It actually scans as:
iamb, iamb, trochee, iamb
(da-DUM, da-DUM; DUM-da, da DUM)
This is a very common variation, useually at the beginning of a line or (as here) right after a pause halfway through the line. This pause is called a ceasura. The substitution is called a trochaic inversion. There's one after the ceasura in the following line:
To be, or not to be. That is the question.
(da-DUM, da-DUM, da-DUM. DUM-da, da-DUM-da)
Note also the feminine ending on the last foot.
Robin of Gilwell / Jay Rudin
----- Original Message -----
From: GottfriedSBK
To: Ansteorran Bardic list
Sent: Thursday, November 25, 2004 8:32 AM
Subject: Re: [Bards] Need help with formats
Iambic tetrameter would be:
he came, he saw, conquered, the end.
True?
Gottfried
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