My early visitation, and my last At even, which I bred up with tender hand Into a lower world, to this obscure And wild? How shall we breathe in other air Less pure, accustom'd to immortal fruits ?"-MILTON. Formula x a × 5 +. In the following extract the accented lines are composed of five Iambics and an additional syllable. "Day-stars', / that ope' / your eyes' with morn' / to twink'/le, From rainbow gal'axies' of earth's' crea'tion, And dew'-drops o'er her love'ly al'tars sprink'le "To that cathedral, boundless as our wonder, Whose quenchless lamps the sun and moon supply; Whose choirs the winds and waves; whose organ, thunder; Whose dome the sky!"-HORACE SMITH. SECTION DCXL.-IAMBIC HEXAMETER. Formula xa x 6. In this measure there are six Iambics. It is usually called the Alexandrine. The last line of the Spenserian stanza is of this character. "When Phoe'/bus lifts' / his head' / out of' / the win'/ter's wave', No sooner doth the earth her flow'ry bosom brave, At such time as the year brings on the pleasant spring, But hunts-up to the morn the feather'd sylvans sing; Upon the highest spray of ev'ry mounting pole, Unto the joyful morn so strain their warbling notes That hills and valleys ring, and even the echoing air Seems all composed of sounds about them everywhere."-DRAYTON. SECTION DCXLI.IAMBIC HEPTAMETER. Formula x ax 7. In the following extract the lines are composed of seven Iambics. Formula x a × 7+. WILSON. In this extract there are seven Iambics and an additional syllable. "Had El'/len lost' / her mirth'? / Oh no! / but she' / was sel'/dom cheer'/ful; So gentle Ellen now no more could make this sad house cheery; And Mary's melancholy ways drove Edward wild and weary." COLERIDGE. TROCHAIC MEASURES. SECTION DCXLII.-TROCHAIC MONOMETER. Formula a x. In the following extract the accented lines are composed of a single Trochee. "From walk to walk, from shade to shade; From stream to purling stream convey'd, Through all the mazes of the grove, Through all the mingling tracks I rove, Turn'ing, Burn'ing; Chang'ing, Rang'ing; Full of grief and full of love!"—ADDISON. Formula a x +. In this extract there is in the accented lines one Trochee, with an additional syllable. SECTION DCXLIII.-TROCHAIC DIMETER. Formula a x x 2. In the following extract the accented lines consist of two Trochees. "On a bank, beside a willow, Heaven her covering, earth her pillow, Sad Aminta sigh'd alone; From the cheerless dawn of morning, Joys' are van'ish'd; In this extract there are in the accented lines two Trochees and an additional syllable. "All' that's/bright' must / fade: The brightest still the fleetest; The flower that drops in springing; To which our hearts are clinging. All that's bright must fade: The brightest still the fleetest; All that's sweet was made But to be lost when sweetest!"-MOORE SECTION DCXLIV.-TROCHAIC TRIMETER, In the following extract the accented lines are composed of three Trochees. In each of these lines there are three Trocher syllable. "Un'der/neath' this / m Lies' the sub'ject of' Sidney's sister, Pe Learn'd', and f Time' shall t SECTION DCXLV.-TROCHAIC TETRAMETER. Formula a x x 4. The accented lines are composed of four Trochees. And he cheer'd her soul with love. "And' a gen'tle con'sort made' he; And her gentle mind was such And perplex'd her night and morn, With' the bur'den of' an honour Unto which she was not born."-TENNYSON. Formula a x × 4+. The accented lines consist of four Trochees and an additional syllable. "Turn thee, fond mother! From thy dead, oh turn! Here to dream and mourn. On'ly/kneel' once / more' a/round' the / sod, Kneel', and bow' submit'ted hearts' to God!"—Mrs. HEMANS. SECTION DCXLVI.-TROCHAIC PENTAMETER. The accented lines consist of five Trochees. "Then methought I heard a hollow sound Then the music touch'd the gates, and died!"-TENNYSON. SECTION DCXLVII.-TROCHAIC HEXAMETER. Formula a x × 6. The following lines are composed of six Trochees. "On' a/mount'ain, / stretch'd' be/neath' a / hoa'ry / wil'low, SECTION DCXLVIII.-TROCHAIC HEPTAMETER. Formula a x x 7+. "Here' a/bout' the /beach' I/ wan'der'd, / nour'ish/ing' a / youth' sublime When the centuries behind me like a fruitful land reposed; When I clung to all the Present for the promise that it closed; When I dipp'd into the Future far as human eye could see, In the spring a young man's fancy lightly turns to thoughts of love: And I said, My cousin Amy, speak, and speak the truth to me; Trust me, cousin, all the current of my being sets to thee!"—TENNYSON. ANAPESTIC MEASURES. SECTION DCXLIX.-ANAPESTIC MONOMETER. Each of the following lines consists of a single Anapest. "In a sweet' Resonance' All their feet' In the dance' SECTION DCL.-ANAPESTIC DIMETER. Formula x x a x 2. Each of the following lines is composed of two Anapests. In the following lines there are two Anapests and an additional syllable. "He is gone' / on the mountain, He is lost' to the forest, Like the dew on the mountain, Like the foam on the river; Like the bubble on the fountain, Thou art gone, and for ever!"-SCOTT. SECTION DCLI. ANAPESTIC TRIMETER. Formula x x α x 3. In the following accented lines there are three Anapests. "Oh ye woods' / spread your branch'/es apace'; To your deepest recesses I fly; I would hide' with the beasts' of the chase'; I would vanish from every eye! Yet my reed shall resound through the grove Was faithless, and I am undone !"-SHENSTONE. SECTION DCLII.-ANAPESTIC TETRAMETER. In the following lines there are four Anapests. "Through the depths' / of Loch Kat'/rine the steed' / shall career'; |