Iambic Senarius Defined

This is a pure iambic trimeter consisting of six iambs.

U — U — U — U — U — U X

Poem 4, line 1

Phasēlus ille, quem vidētis, hospitēs,

U    — U   —U —       U — U   —  U  X

Catullus Poems in Iambic Senarius

4

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