Over stream and mount and valley sweeps the merry, careless rover,
Toying with the fragrant blossoms, beating down the heads of clover.
2637. (1.) When there is a diaeresis after the fourth foot, the verse is
_asynartetic_ (2535).
2638. (2.) The Octonarius is essentially a lyric metre, and is much less
common than the Septenarius.
[Erratum:
2636 ... Cḗnse|ō. Sed | heús tū. | Quid vīs?
Cḗnse|ō. Sed|heús tū.| Quid vīs?]
THE TROCHAIC TETRAMETER CLAUDUS (or _Scazon_).
2639. This verse is a trochaic tetrameter acatalectic, with syncope and
protraction in the seventh foot. The normal scheme is:
-́ ⏑ | -̇ ⏑ | -́ ⏑ | -̇ ⏑ | -́ ⏑ | -̇ ⏑ | ⏗́ | -́ ⏑