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| Author | Message | | | Posted on Sat Jan 07, 2006 19:37:53 | |
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qui illius culpa cecidit velut prati
it's sapphic strophe, and it's got one too many vowels, I think. is it hypermetric or am I doing something wrong? thank you so much!
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| | | Posted at Wed Mar 15, 2006 13:42:47 | Quote |
| | | That's a verbal synaphia, that is prat(i) elides with the following. | |
| | | Posted at Fri Feb 19, 2010 19:34:27 | Quote |
| | | Which is cool, because the last syllable gets "cut off" as the flower is cut by the passing plow. . . | |
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