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622.

The following verses, combining different rhythmical series, are found in Latin lyrical poetry: -

1. Greater Archilochian (Dactylic Tetrameter; Trochaic Tripody): -

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NOTE: It is possible that the dactyls were cyclic; but the change of measure seems more probable.

2. Verse consisting of Dactylic Trimeter catalectic (Dactylic Penthemim); Iambic Dimeter: -

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