Dactylic Hexameter.ppt

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Dactylic Hexameter


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What is Meter?

Meter = Rhythm

A combination of short and long syllables

In Latin oetry!A"thors #rote #ords follo#ing a secific attern

of rhythm$ or meter%


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Why might rhythm be imortant?

M"sic

&omare reading the lyrics to their "s"al

erformance'

Lyrics to something rhythmic (Dr. Huskey uses

Eminem) read. Insert clip of actual song. Point

out natural rhythm; its part of the song. Its a

subtle, but still infinitely important, part of the

presentation.


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Meter

Meter comrised of ())*

Metron = +ree, for foot

*he idea #as that the #ords march thro"gh the

ears li,e feet


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(eet

(eet comrised of short -. and/or long -. syllables 0ome of the different feet

Dactyl - .

0ondee - .

Iamb - . *rochee - .

&horiamb - .

1"t #e only need the first t#o today' Dactyl and

0ondee


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Dactyl

Dactylloooong2short2short or 3d"m diddy4 Dactyl = +ree, for (inger

Loo,s li,e the 5oints of a finger


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0ondee

0ondeelooong2looong or

3d"m d"m4

0onde = +ree, for libations

Libations = ceremonial drin,offering

0ongs for libations comosed

#ith 3d"m d"m4 rhythm

sondee foot


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Dactylic Hexameter

Dactyl = (inger

Metron = (oot

Hexa = 0ix

0o!%%

Dactylic Hexameter = 6 (inger2li,e (eet


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Dactylic Hexameter

In a erfect #orld$ e7ery foot #o"ld be a dactyl

excet the last one 1"t the #orld isn8t erfect$ so!


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Dactylic Hexameter

A"thors "se 0ondees too

+eneral R"les Last syllable al#ays long

9thfoot almost al#ays a dactyl


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Example

Primus amor Phoebi Daphne Peneia, quem non

fors ignara dedit, sed saeva Cupidinis ira,


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Example

Delius hunc nuper, victa serpente superbus,

viderat adducto flectentem cornua nervo

'quid' que 'tibi, lascive puer, cum fortibus armis?'


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Example


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Ho# do yo" ,no# if a syllable is short

or long?

*o determine if a syllable is long or short$ loo,

at t#o things'

:at"re of the #ord

&ase$ :"mber$ ;sage -ad7erb$ ad5ecti7e$ etc%.


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:at"re

Here are some general r"les for select 7o#els and syllables' A final 2o$ 2i$ or 2" is "s"ally long by nat"re%

common excetion'the final 2i in tibiand mihi$ #hich may be either short or long asthe meter re"ires% -*he first 2i2 in both #ords is al#ays short%.

A final 2>s$ 2s$ or 2@s is "s"ally long by nat"re% common excetions'+ree, roer names and other +ree, #ords ta,en directly into

Latin% A final 2a or 2is is often short by nat"re%

common excetions' 2a in the first declension ablati7e sing"lar is al#ays long$ as is2is in the first and second declensions ablati7e / dati7e l"ral%

A final 2e is "s"ally short by nat"re% common excetions'2e in the fifth declension ablati7e sing"lar 2e on ad7erbs formed

from second declension ad5ecti7es%

A final 2"s is "s"ally short by nat"re% common excetions'fo"rth declension geniti7e sing"lar$ and nominati7e / acc"sati7e

l"ral -b"t notfo"rth declension nominati7e sing"lar.%

A final 2am$ 2em$ or 2"m is al#ays short by nat"re%

http://www.skidmore.edu/academics/classics/courses/metrica/nature.html


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0yllabification

0yllables are "s"ally di7ided bet#een7o#el nd single conson nt 'B 7i2r"m$not 7ir2"m%

When a 7o#el is follo#ed by t#o consonants

in the same #ord$ the di7ison comes bet#eenthe conson nts ' ar2ma$ not arm2aor a2rma%)xcetion' When a 7o#el is follo#ed by a sto -a

consonant formed by comlete air bloc,age$ e%g% t$

d$ $ b$ ,$ g. l"s a li="id -a consonant that can berolonged$ e%g% l or r.%


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)lision

A final syllable ending in a 7o#el may be omittedfrom the meter before a #ord beginning #ith a 7o#el-or an h2.% )AM


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Why bother scanning for meter?

Rhythm adds nuance

Quick lines versus slow lines

Lost in Translating Dont know whats going on? Often times the meter will

help you realize something that is the key to getting

yourself out of a translation corner.


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