x x a x a x x a x a
x a x x a x x a x a
x x a x x a x a x a
a x a x a x a x
a x a x a x a
a x a x a x a
a x a x a x a x
Now many Latin metres present a recurrence of accent little more irregular than the quotation just analysed. The following is the accentual formula of the first two stanzas of the second ode of the first Book of Horace.
Accentual Formula of the Latin Sapphic.