2718. The following is a list of the Horatian lyric metres:--

2719. (1.) The IAMBIC TRIMETER (see 2592 ff.). _Epode_ 17.

2720. (II.) The IAMBIC STROPHE, an iambic trimeter (2592) followed by an

iambic dimeter acatalectic (2617):--

⏑͐ -́ | ⏑ -̇ | ⏑͐ ‖ -́ | ⏑ -̇ | ⏑͐ -́ | ⏑ -̇

⏑͐ -́ | ⏑ -̇ | ⏑͐ -́ | ⏑ -̇

_Epodes_ 1-10.

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