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Choliambic

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Choliambic Defined

 

This line consists of five iambs (U—) followed by a trochee (—U) or

spondee(— —). The “limping” quality of the line comes from the switch

after the iambs to a final foot that begins with a long syllable. The first

and third feet can be spondees instead of iambs.

 

Ū — / U — / Ū — / U — / U — / — X

 

Poem 8, line 1

 

Miser Catulle, dēsinās ineptīre,

U — / U — /U — /U — /U—/—X

 

Catullus Poems in Choliambic

 

8   22   31   44   60

 

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