–⏑⏑|–⏑⏑|–⏑⏑‖–⏑⏑|–⏑⏑|– –‖
–⁝⏗⏑|⏗⏑|⏗⏑|–ꞈ̄‖
Anacrusis is found, as in the second line above and in Medea, 635:—
– – ⏑ ⏑ – ⏑ ⏑ – – ⏗ – – – ⏗ ⏑ –
στεργ⁝οι δε με|σωφροσυν|α δωρ‖ημα | καλλιστ|ον θε|ωνꞈ̄‖.
The tetrapody without spondees or catalexis gives an exquisite heaving effect in Soph. Electra, 147-9:—
ἀλλ’ ἐμέ γ’ ἁ στονόεσσ’ ἄραρεν φρένας,
ἃ Ἴτυν αἰὲν Ἴτυν ὀλοφύρεται,
ὄρνις ἀτυζομένα, Διὸς ἄγγελος.
Ariel’s lines in The Tempest (V. i.):—
Merrily, merrily, shall I live now,