"Trochaical" Quotes from Famous Books
 ... English w between this and elo. The e of ounte is elided. It will be observed that there is a caesura between the seventh and eighth syllables of the long line, and that the verse has a marked rhythmic beat, with decided trochaic movement,— ...
— Frederic Mistral - Poet and Leader in Provence • Charles Alfred Downer
... experiments, the trochaic movement used in this book, each half-line consisting of trochees following one another, with a syllable at the end, chiefly a long one, to mark the division of the line. Ivaried the line as much as I could, introducing, ...
— The Translations of Beowulf - A Critical Biography • Chauncey Brewster Tinker
... the great leader of the Goths, having conquered Rome, succumbed to a fever when 34 years old (410 A.D.), and was buried by his troops near Cosenza (Cosentia) in the river Busento. Notice the stately dignity of the long trochaic line without any marked caesural pause. Any attempt to introduce the latter spoils the ...
— A Book Of German Lyrics • Various |
