followed by Epode 11. 12. Fourth Archilochian: which is perhaps better read as follows: _~_~_~_~_~_~ILIA 1. 4. 13. Alcmanian Strophe: Dactylic Hexameter followed by 1. 7, 28; Epode 12. 14. Iambic Trimeter : 2:2018|_ ~|__~_A Epode 17. 15. Iambic Strophe: Iambic Trimeter (see 14) followed by Iambic Dimeter 3: _~|-|-~|_A Epodes 1-10. 16. First Pythiambic : A Dactylic Hexameter and an Iambic Dimeter (cf. 15). Epodes 14, 15. 17. Second Pythiambic: A Dactylic Hexameter and an Iambic Trimeter (cf. 14). Epode 16. 18. Trochaic Strophe: A Catalectic Trochaic Dimeter and a Catalectic Iambic Trimeter. 2. 18. 19. An Ionic system: ten pure Ionici a minore ~ ~ _ _, variously arranged by editors and metrists. 3. 12. For minor points of prosody, treated in the notes, see the grammars and the treatises of Christ, and Schmidt (translated by John Williams White). Aesthetic criticism of Horace's exquisite metrical art can be addressed only to those who read him aloud precisely as they read English poetry. Such students will observe for themselves in their favorite passages the reinforcement of the leading thought by the emphasis of the rhythm, the symmetrical responsions and nice interlockings of words and phrases, the dainty but not obtrusive alliteration, the real or fancied adaptation of sound to sense in softly musical, splendidly sonorous, or picturesquely descriptive lines. This kind of criticism may easily pass into the fantastic. It is better suited to the living voice than to cold print. |