Unda sub undis labunda sonit.

The following lines, quoted by Cicero (Tusc. Disp. i. 28) without naming the author, are probably from Accius—

Caelum nitescere, arbores frondescere,

Vites laetificae pampinis pubescere,

Rami bacarum ubertate incurviscere,

Segetes largiri fruges, florere omnia,

Fontes scatere, herbis prata convestirier.

We note also many instances of plays on words, alliteration, and asyndeton, reminding us of similar modes of conveying emphasis in Plautus, as in the following:—

Pari dyspari, si impar esses tibi, ego nunc non essem miser.

Pro se quisque cum corona clarum cohonestat caput.