12/28/2022 0 Comments Hendecasyllabic scansion![]() ![]() ![]() The first foot must be 2 long syllables or what is called a spondee _ _ The second foot must be a dactyl or 1 long syllabe followed by 2 short syllables. First we must check our scheme for this meter. A syllable is short if it ends in a vowel. A syllable is also long if it is a dipthong like ae, oe, eu. A syllable is long if it is the first syllable in a foot. Now lets determine the length of each syllable.Ī syllable is long if it ends in a consonant. The vowels in parentheses have been elided or skipped like we do with a contraction in English like don’t. The first vowel is elided like this: Vivamus mea Lesbi(a) atqu(e) amemus. An elision occurs when a word ends in a vowel and the next word begins with a vowel. The first syllable is Vi Second is va 3rd is mus 4th is me 5th is a 6th les 7th bi 8th a (a) 9th qu(e) a 10th me 11th mus We will start by separating 11 syllables: Let’s start to mark the scansion for the first line of poem 5. Hendecasyllabics (Phalaecean): Catullus, Poems 7 and 10 Each verse in this meter follows this pattern with some few substitutions, as indicated below:īesides a spondee ( ), the first foot can contain a trochee ( ) or an iamb ( ). Notice there are 5 feet separated by a line. Listen to Latin professors pronouncing this poem with the meter and elisions at this site: Catullus Poem 5 recited in Latin and English Rock Version on U-Tube. There are 13 syllables in each line of the 13 lines of the poem.ĭeinde usque altera mille, deinde centum On the next slide you will see all 13 lines of this poem which is written in the hendecasyllabic meter. You can see translations for this poem at this link: English Translation of Catullus 5 You will be marking the scansion for poem 5 of Catullus – “the kissing poem” for event 13. Click on the sound link below to hear this music. ![]() HENDECASYLLABIC SCANSION MOVIEHendecasyllabic means 11 syllables – the beat of the music is similar to the music in the movie car wash. HENDECASYLLABIC The most common meter of Catullus ![]()
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