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Dactylic Hexameter
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What is Meter?
Meter = Rhythm
A combination of short and long syllables
In Latin oetry!A"thors #rote #ords follo#ing a secific attern
of rhythm$ or meter%
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Why might rhythm be imortant?
M"sic
&omare reading the lyrics to their "s"al
erformance'
Lyrics to something rhythmic (Dr. Huskey uses
Eminem) read. Insert clip of actual song. Point
out natural rhythm; its part of the song. Its a
subtle, but still infinitely important, part of the
presentation.
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Meter
Meter comrised of ())*
Metron = +ree, for foot
*he idea #as that the #ords march thro"gh the
ears li,e feet
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(eet
(eet comrised of short -. and/or long -. syllables 0ome of the different feet
Dactyl - .
0ondee - .
Iamb - . *rochee - .
&horiamb - .
1"t #e only need the first t#o today' Dactyl and
0ondee
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Dactyl
Dactylloooong2short2short or 3d"m diddy4 Dactyl = +ree, for (inger
Loo,s li,e the 5oints of a finger
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0ondee
0ondeelooong2looong or
3d"m d"m4
0onde = +ree, for libations
Libations = ceremonial drin,offering
0ongs for libations comosed
#ith 3d"m d"m4 rhythm
sondee foot
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Dactylic Hexameter
Dactyl = (inger
Metron = (oot
Hexa = 0ix
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Dactylic Hexameter = 6 (inger2li,e (eet
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Dactylic Hexameter
In a erfect #orld$ e7ery foot #o"ld be a dactyl
excet the last one 1"t the #orld isn8t erfect$ so!
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Dactylic Hexameter
A"thors "se 0ondees too
+eneral R"les Last syllable al#ays long
9thfoot almost al#ays a dactyl
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Example
Primus amor Phoebi Daphne Peneia, quem non
fors ignara dedit, sed saeva Cupidinis ira,
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Example
Delius hunc nuper, victa serpente superbus,
viderat adducto flectentem cornua nervo
'quid' que 'tibi, lascive puer, cum fortibus armis?'
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Example
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Ho# do yo" ,no# if a syllable is short
or long?
*o determine if a syllable is long or short$ loo,
at t#o things'
:at"re of the #ord
&ase$ :"mber$ ;sage -ad7erb$ ad5ecti7e$ etc%.
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:at"re
Here are some general r"les for select 7o#els and syllables' A final 2o$ 2i$ or 2" is "s"ally long by nat"re%
common excetion'the final 2i in tibiand mihi$ #hich may be either short or long asthe meter re"ires% -*he first 2i2 in both #ords is al#ays short%.
A final 2>s$ 2s$ or 2@s is "s"ally long by nat"re% common excetions'+ree, roer names and other +ree, #ords ta,en directly into
Latin% A final 2a or 2is is often short by nat"re%
common excetions' 2a in the first declension ablati7e sing"lar is al#ays long$ as is2is in the first and second declensions ablati7e / dati7e l"ral%
A final 2e is "s"ally short by nat"re% common excetions'2e in the fifth declension ablati7e sing"lar 2e on ad7erbs formed
from second declension ad5ecti7es%
A final 2"s is "s"ally short by nat"re% common excetions'fo"rth declension geniti7e sing"lar$ and nominati7e / acc"sati7e
l"ral -b"t notfo"rth declension nominati7e sing"lar.%
A final 2am$ 2em$ or 2"m is al#ays short by nat"re%
http://www.skidmore.edu/academics/classics/courses/metrica/nature.html
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0yllabification
0yllables are "s"ally di7ided bet#een7o#el nd single conson nt 'B 7i2r"m$not 7ir2"m%
When a 7o#el is follo#ed by t#o consonants
in the same #ord$ the di7ison comes bet#eenthe conson nts ' ar2ma$ not arm2aor a2rma%)xcetion' When a 7o#el is follo#ed by a sto -a
consonant formed by comlete air bloc,age$ e%g% t$
d$ $ b$ ,$ g. l"s a li="id -a consonant that can berolonged$ e%g% l or r.%
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)lision
A final syllable ending in a 7o#el may be omittedfrom the meter before a #ord beginning #ith a 7o#el-or an h2.% )AM
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Why bother scanning for meter?
Rhythm adds nuance
Quick lines versus slow lines
Lost in Translating Dont know whats going on? Often times the meter will
help you realize something that is the key to getting
yourself out of a translation corner.
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