Miserā́rum (e)st | nequ(e) amṓrī | dare lū́dum | neque dúlcī
mala vīnō | laver(e) aút ex animā́rī
metuéntīs | patruaé ver|bera línguae.
There is generally a diaeresis after each foot.
[Lyric Metres of Horace.]
[2718.] The following is a list of the Horatian lyric metres:—
[2719.] (1.) The Iambic Trimeter (see [2592] ff.). Epode 17.
[2720.] (II.) The Iambic Strophe, an iambic trimeter ([2592]) followed by an iambic dimeter acatalectic ([2617]):—
⏑͐ –́ | ⏑ –̇ | ⏑͐ ‖ –́ | ⏑ –̇ | ⏑͐ –́ | ⏑ –̇
⏑͐ –́ | ⏑ –̇ | ⏑͐ –́ | ⏑ –̇ Epodes 1-10.