Adonic

An adonic (Latin: adoneus) is a unit of Aeolic verse, a five-syllable metrical foot consisting of a dactyl followed by a trochee.¹ The last line of a Sapphic stanza is an adonic. The pattern (where "-" stands for a long and "u" for a short syllable) is: "- u u - -" when the pattern ends with a spondee (i.e. --) or " -uu -u " if a trochee is intended.

Hexameter lines often end in an adonic.

References

Halporn, J.W. (2012). "Adonic". In Greene, Roland; Cushman, Stephen; Cavanagh, Clare; Ramazani, Jahan; Rouzer, Paul (eds.). The Princeton Encyclopedia of Poetry and Poetics (4th ed.). Princeton University Press. pp. 8–9. doi:10.1515/9781400841424. ISBN 9781400841424. OCLC 995235184.

External links

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[Halporn:-1] Halporn, J.W. (2012). "Adonic". In Greene, Roland; Cushman, Stephen; Cavanagh, Clare; Ramazani, Jahan; Rouzer, Paul (eds.). The Princeton Encyclopedia of Poetry and Poetics (4th ed.). Princeton University Press. pp. 8–9. doi:10.1515/9781400841424. ISBN 9781400841424. OCLC 995235184.

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