Archilochian
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Archilochian is a term in poetry applied to a sort of verse invented by Archilochus. An Archilochian verse consists of seven feet: four dactyls - or alternatively spondees -, followed by three trochees. For instance,
As in that ode, Archilochian verses were usually mixed with verses in a form of iambic hexameter less one syllable.
These verses are also called dactylic, because they typically begin with dactyls.
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- This article incorporates content from the 1728 Cyclopaedia, a publication in the public domain. [1]
