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This textbook is the first comprehensive guide to Latin verse composition to be published in over one hundred years. It combines a detailed analysis of the Roman poets' metrical practices with a series of graduated exercises designed to train the student in the composition of original Latin verse.

Product Identifiers

PublisherAnthem Press

ISBN-101898855722

ISBN-139781898855729

eBay Product ID (ePID)1912826

Product Key Features

Number of Pages224 Pages

LanguageEnglish

Publication NameGuide to Latin Meter and Verse Composition

Publication Year2002

SubjectLatin, Poetry, Teaching Methods & Materials / Arts & Humanities

TypeLanguage Course

Subject AreaForeign Language Study, Education, Literary Criticism

AuthorDavid J. Califf

FormatTrade Paperback

Dimensions

Item Height1 in

Item Weight16 Oz

Item Length9.2 in

Item Width6.1 in

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Intended AudienceElementary/High School

LCCN2002-437895

Dewey Edition21

Educational LevelHigh School, Elementary School

Dewey Decimal871

Lc Classification Number2002437895

Table of ContentPreface; Preliminary Remarks; Rhythm and Meter in English and Latin Poetry; General Rules for Determining the Quantity of Syllables; The Dactylic Hexameter; The Caesura; Variations and Irregularities; Greek Words and Names; Sound and Sense; Rhythm; Consonants and Vowels; Word Order; Circumlocution; The Elegiac Meter; The Sapphic Meter; The Alcaic Meter; Asclepiadic Meters; The Hendecasyllabic Meter; Iambic Meters; Metrical Tables; Glossary of Terms; Modern Latin Poets Represented in the Exercises; Bibliography