⏑͕ ⁞ –́ ⏑ | –́ > # –́ ⏖ | –́ ⏑ | –́ ⌃
There is nearly always a diaeresis after the second foot. Examples are:—
Ō | mā́tre | púlchrā # fī́lia | púlchri|ór (H. 1, 16, 1).
Vi|dḗs ut | áltā # stét nive | cándi|dúm (H. 1, 9, 1).
[2668.] Alcaeus admitted a trochee in the second foot, and allowed the anacrusis to be either long or short; but Horace admitted only the spondee in the second foot, and usually (in Bk. 4 always) employed a long anacrusis. Horace also differed from his predecessor in assigning a fixed place to the caesura, which in Alcaeus has no regular position.
The Lesser Asclepiadean.
[2669.] This is a composite verse, consisting of two series, a syncopated logaoedic tripody + a logaoedic tripody catalectic. There is regularly a diaeresis between the two series. The scheme is:—
–́ > | –́ ⏖ | ⏗́ # –́ ⏖ | –́ ⏑ | –́ ⌃
Examples are:—