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Post by callaina on Jul 27, 2023 22:03:05 GMT
I don't understand how this line scans:
luctus, ubique pavor et plurima mortis imago
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Post by Bitmap on Jul 27, 2023 22:06:03 GMT
- u u - u u - // - - u u - u u - x
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Post by callaina on Jul 27, 2023 22:10:14 GMT
- u u - u u - // - - u u - u u - x But the second syllable of pavor is short, not long. |
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Post by Bitmap on Jul 27, 2023 22:16:00 GMT
It comes before the caesura, which can sometimes lengthen a short syllable, at least a closed one. I don't consider it very clean poetising, but it happens every now and then.
I thought I had mentioned that before.
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Post by callaina on Jul 27, 2023 22:17:13 GMT
It comes before the caesura, which can sometimes lengthen a short syllable, at least a closed one. I don't consider it very clean poetising, but it happens every now and then. I thought I had mentioned that before. Perhaps you did and I forgot. I remember you mentioning that there could be hiatus at a caesura, but that's a slightly different issue. Same sort of principle, though, I guess. |
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Post by Bitmap on Jul 27, 2023 22:27:05 GMT
Yes, the caesura can do a lot  It's even stronger in pentameters, I believe. |
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