⎰ 4 ⎞
⎛ ⎱ 2 ⎟ ⎞
⎝ ⎰ 4 ⎠ ⎟
⎱ 2 ⎠
This type of period is frequent in English poetry, where the use of rhyme and the absence of τονή make the cola perfectly plain, e.g.:—
Love still has something of the sea
From whence his Mother rose;
No time his slaves from care sets free,
Or gives their hearts repose.—(Sedley.)
⎰ 4 ⎞
⎛ ⎱ 3 ⎟ ⎞
⎝ ⎰ 4 ⎠ ⎟
⎱ 3 ⎠
(iii) Antithetic periods are formed by the inverted repetition whether of different cola or of different groups of cola.
(a) The simplest type is that in which a series of ungrouped cola is repeated in inverse order:—
διανταίαν λέγεις δόμοισι καί