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METER (Syllaba anceps (X, may be long or short, but practically considered…
METER
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Elision
when word ends with vowel, dipthong or m, and next word with h or vowel
hiatus
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semi-hiatus
when a word ends in a long vowel or dipthong and next begins with vowel or h, and last word vowel is shortened*
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Synaphea
syllable at end of verse elided before beginning of verse, syllables at end of one line might form part of foot of next line**
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Synizesis
two successive vowels not ordinarily a dipthong pronounced as once syllable for sake of meter, a type of contraction
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