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625.

The verses constructed upon the several Logaoedic form or models are the following: -

1. Glyconic (Second Glyconic, catalectic): -

|| - > | - | - | - || [QUERY]

2. Aristophanic (First Pherecratic): -

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*beginverse

temperat | ora | fren=is. - Hor. Od. i. 8.

*endverse

NOTE: It is very likely that this was made equal in time to the preceding [QUERY] protracting the last two syllables: -

|| - | - | | - || [QUERY]

3. Adonic (First Pherecratic, shortened): -

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(Second Pherecratic): -

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(Second Pherecratic with syncope and First Pherecratic catalectic): -

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(the same as 5, with a syncopated Logaoedic Dipody interposed): -

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(Logaoedic Pentapody with dactyl in the third place): -

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(Third Glyconic; First Pherecratic): -

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(Logaoedic Tetrapody, two irrational dactyls, two trochees): -

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(Logaoedic Pentapody, catalectic, with anacrusis, and dactyl in the third place, - compare Lesser Sapphic): -

|| [query] - | - > || - | - | ||

*beginverse i=ustum et tenacem || propositi virum. - Hor. *endverse

NOTE: Only the above logaoedic forms are employed by Horace.

11. Phalaecean (Logaoedic Pentapody, with dactyl in the 11. second place): -

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*beginverse quaenam te mala mens, misell=i Rauid=i, agit praecipitem in meos iambos? - Catull. xl. *endverse

In English: -

*beginverse Gorgeous flowerets in the sunlight shining. - Longfellow. *endverse

12. Glyconic Pherecratic (Second Glyconic with syncope, and 12. Second Pherecratic): -

|| - [QUERY] | - | - | - || - [QUERY] | - | | - ||

*beginverse o Colonia quae cupis || ponte ludere longo. - Catull. xvii. *endverse