CLA233H1 Lecture Notes - Lecture 13: Dactylic Hexameter, Lyric Poetry, Aeneid
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Rhyme wasn"t important to roman poetry, was supposed to be metrical (composed in some sort of meter), metron is a foot (long to short syllables) Most popular meters were dactylic hexameter (one long syllable and then two short syllables, 6 in a line) and elegiac couplets. There are 5 simplified genres in rome, one of which is ethic poetry (stories of heros gods monsters and written in dactylic), satire, didactic poetry are alos written in dactylic. Elegy (elegiac couplets written on tombstones) but also written for love poems (written in dacyilic hexa then dactylic penta). There is also tragedy/drama (any kind of play), comedy (most indebted to greek poetry, usually about young men in love). Utillitas and voluptas (utility or use vs pleasure or physical pleasure). Most people who write poetry in rome where very wealthy (former slaves who are wealthy, aristocracy). Wasn"t until 3rd century bc that latin start written, most was in greek or indebted to greeks.
