THE CRETIC TETRAMETER ACATALECTIC.

2694. This verse consists of four complete Cretic feet. There is usually

a diaeresis after the second foot, but sometimes there is instead a

caesura after the first long of the third foot. Resolution is not

admitted before the diaeresis or the end of the line. The irrational

long middle syllable is admitted in the first and third feet. The scheme

is:--

⏔́ ⏑͐ ⏔̇ | ⏔́ ⏑ -̇ # ⏔́ ⏑͐ ⏔̇ | ⏔́ ⏑ -̇

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