Iambs vs dactyls

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Iambs vs dactyls Chain 01/18/25 (Sat) 04:26:16 No.1182435

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If you were to sing of arms and a man, would you sing in dactylic hexameter or iambic pentameter?

Positively Pinkie 01/18/25 (Sat) 10:03:05 No.1182448

Tityre, tu patulae recubans sub tegmine fagis
Silvestrem tenui musam meditaris avena
Nos patriae fines et dulcia linquimus arva.
Nos patriam fugimus, tu,Tityre, lentus in umbra
formosam resonare doces Amaryllida silvas :fluf4:

Chain 01/18/25 (Sat) 11:33:44 No.1182450

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>>1182448

Positively Pinkie 01/18/25 (Sat) 11:59:12 No.1182452

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>>1182450
Do you know why they use hexameters / pentameters?

Chain 01/18/25 (Sat) 12:04:36 No.1182453

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>>1182452
I don't.

Positively Pinkie 01/18/25 (Sat) 13:36:33 No.1182455

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>>1182453
It's a mnemonic.

Back in olden times when people had to memorize and orally reproduce those great works,arranging the works in pentameters /hexameters allowed the narrators to drone off the story correctly.

Dulset Tarn !KelpieFM3Q 01/18/25 (Sat) 14:36:29 No.1182456

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>>1182455
Speaking of meter, this connection randomly popped into my head last night on the way home from work, so now I must share it.

'Twas the night before Christmas, and all through the house
not a creature was stirring, not even a mouse
And the rocket's red glare, the bombs bursting in air
gave proof through the night, that our flag was still there

Muffin!Kitty1xYW6 01/18/25 (Sat) 20:30:48 No.1182472

What

Chain 01/18/25 (Sat) 20:31:37 No.1182473

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>>1182455
It does make it easier to remember!

>>1182456
Song mixup!

Chain 01/18/25 (Sat) 20:32:38 No.1182474

>>1182472
Read the spoilered image!