GRK202H1 Study Guide - Short I, Aeschylus, Liquid Consonant
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Each verse has six foots, and each foot usually is a dactyl. Foots one to five can be either a dactyl or a spondee (but foot number five is usually a dactyl) Foot number six will only be either a spondee or a trochee. Each verse is composed of three metra, and each metra is composed of two iambs. Found in tragedy (eg. aeschylus", and euripedes" plays) The first syllable of each metra can be either a long syllable or a short syllable. The very last syllable of each verse can be either a long syllable or a short syllable. You mark each individual foot by means of a slash. How to identify syllables as long or short. Long syllables: any diphthong (eg. ou, ei) any long vowel (eg. omega, eta, long alpha, long i, long upsilon) Short syllables: e and o short alpha, short i, short upsilon.