Look up: Galliambic


  1. Galliambic
    Galliambic metre is constructed as shown below: ˘ ˘ – ˘ – ˘ – –// ˘ ˘ – ˘ ˘ ˘ ˘ × This metre, meant for the frenzied cult of the eastern goddess Cybele, is best known from its use in Catullus 63. The meter admits of many substitutions of two short syllables for a long, as line ...
    Found op http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Galliambic

  2. Galliambic
    Meter composed of two iambic dimeters e.g. Tennyson's Boadicea.
    Found op http://www.poetsgraves.co.uk/glossary_of_poetic_terms.htm

  3. Galliambic
    Gal`li·am'bic adjective [ Latin galliambus a song used by the priests of Cybele; Gallus (a name applied to these priests) + iambus ] (Pros.) Consisting of two iambic dimeters catalectic, the last of which lacks the final syll...
    Found op http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/G/4

  4. galliambic
    1) Meter composed of two iambic dimeters
    Found op http://www.mijnwoordenboek.nl/EN/crossword-dictionary/galliambic/1

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