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Main  ::  Translations - all  ::  Hypermetric Line? How to scan this line in Cat. 11? (Carmen 11)

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Guest
Posted on Sat Jan 07, 2006 19:37:53  
the line:
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!
AEH
Posted at Wed Mar 15, 2006 13:42:47  Quote
That's a verbal synaphia, that is prat(i) elides with the following.
Guest
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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