10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «PENTAPODY»
Discover the use of
pentapody in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to
pentapody and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Studies in Honor of Basil L. Gildersleeve
Ibycus presents only a few instances of the use of pentapody. An apparent
example is found in Bergk's reading of 1, 10; here the reading -nMdiv for naibiBtv
brings the line into harmony with the dactylic character of all that precedes, and it
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Basil Lanneau Gildersleeve, 1902
2
The metres of the Greeks and Romans: a manual for schools ...
The Tetrameter. — Tetrameter trochaicus . . .68 e. The Pentameter. —
Pentameter trochaicus . . .69 3. The Tripody. — Tripodia trochaica 69 4. The
Tetrapody. — Tetrapodia trochaica . . . .71 5. The Pentapody. — Pentapodia
trochaica . . . .72 6.
7. LESSER SAPPHIC. Pentapody with Dactyl third. (Some say, a double basis
with First PherecratGan ; but see 9, 2 ) In Horace the second foot is always
irrational, in Catullus not always. -w|-> |^^|-^|-0|| Auream quisquis mediocritatom.
Hor.
Lesser Sapphic (Logacedic Pentapody, with dactyl in the third place) : — ll_w|_>|
-^/w|_v|l_|wAII integer vitad scelerisque purus. — Hor. Or in English : — " Brilliant
hopes, all woven in gorgeous tissues." — Longfellow. 8. Greater Sapphic {Third ...
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A Latin grammar for schools and colleges, by J.H. Allen and ...
Lesser Sapphic (Logacedic Pentapody, with dactyl in the third place) : — ll_^|_>|-
v/^|_w|l_|oAII integer vitad scelerisque purus. — Hor. Or in English : — " Brilliant
hopes, all woven in gorgeous tissues." — Longfellow. 8. Greater Sapphic {Third ...
Joseph Henry Allen, James Bradstreet Greenough, 1882
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Dictionary of Literary Terms and Literary Theory:
pentapody was the first heave'). In the 20th c. poets experimented a great deal
with lines of varying length, yet the pentameter has remained a most convenient
unit. The first two lines from this poem, Mr Edwards and the Spider, by Robert ...
J. A. Cuddon , M. A. R. Habib, 2013
7
The Alcestis of Euripides: With Notes, for the Use of ...
6. do. trimeter. 7, 8. Two bacchii. 9 — 14. As these lines are found in the text they
are 9. Troch. pentapody, preceded by a creticus. 10. do. dipody. 11, 12. Iamb,
trimeters catalectic. 13. Troch. dimeter. 14. do. pentapody. Herm. inserts Sg'
before ...
Euripides, Theodore Dwight Woolsey, 1837
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The Electra of Sophocles: with notes, for the use of ...
6. do. trimeter. 7, 8. Two bacchii. 9 — 14. As these lines are found in the text they
are 9. Troch. pentapody, preceded by a creticus. 10. do. dipody. 11, 12. Iamb,
trimeters catalectic. 13. Troch. dimeter. 14. do. pentapody. Herm. inserts Sg'
before ...
Sophocles, Theodore Dwight Woolsey, 1837
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The Aristoxenian Theory of Musical Rhythm
The pentapody occurs several times in Pindar's First Pythian Ode. We quote one
of them in Ex. 39, with the well-known melody to which it is supposed to have
been sung in ancient times. Ex. 39. Pindar, First Pythian Ode. thesis arsis 1 1 1 1
12 ...
10
Dictionary of Poetic Terms
271 pentapody pathetic fallacy a form of Personification in which nature is
credited with human feeling or behavior. The term was coined by John Ruskin in
1856 (Modern Painters, Vol. Ill) and thought by him to be a negative device used
by ...
Jack Elliott Myers, Don C. Wukasch, 2003
3 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «PENTAPODY»
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pentapody is used in the context of the following news items.
Solon Sun Student of the Week: Spencer Weiss
Spencer, 14, of Solon, went 16 rounds and finally was stumped on "pentapody." He was just one word away from qualifying for the National ... «Sun News - cleveland.com, Mar 09»
Anamika Veeramani of Incarnate Word Academy wins Plain Dealer …
Runner-up Spencer Weiss, an eighth-grader at Ballard Brady Middle School in the Orange district, couldn't correctly picture "pentapody.". «The Plain Dealer - cleveland.com, Mar 09»
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But he didn't know what pentapody was (a line of five feet in classical meter, as everybody knows), and he didn't know what a nicharchean was ... «New York Times, Apr 07»
