Couple rhyming stanza
The Latin pair rhyme verse (to be distinguished from the MHG shape of the couplet verse ) is in the Verslehre a four-line, some rhyme Strophic with octosyllabic verses according to the scheme:
- × × × × × × b ×
- × × × × × × b ×
- × × × × × b
- × × × × × b
In addition to the number of syllables, the same rhyme gender (male or female) was initially binding in all rhymes. The stanza form goes back to the Latin sacred hymn poetry of the early Middle Ages, the model of which was the late antique hymns of Ambrosius of Milan , which is why it is also known as the Ambrosian hymn strophe .
The Latin pair rhyme strophe is considered to be one of the roots of the Otfrid strophe .
The transition to regular rhythmization then resulted in the scheme with iambic four-lifters, which was widespread until modern times :
- ◡ — ◡ — ◡ — ◡— a
- ◡ — ◡ — ◡ — ◡— a
- ◡ — ◡ — ◡ — ◡— b
- ◡ — ◡ — ◡ — ◡— b
An example from Goethe's Faust II :
You see me, queen, back!
The rich man begs a look,
he looks at you and immediately feels
poor as a beggar and rich in princes.
literature
- Christian Wagenknecht : German metric. A historical introduction. Beck, Munich 1981, ISBN 3-406-07947-4 , pp. 44, 66.
Individual evidence
- ↑ The symbols - (long or increase) and ◡ (short or decrease) are used for the symbolic representation of the scheme. × denotes indefinite syllables.
- ↑ Real Lexicon of Germanic Antiquity : Volume 7: Simple forms - Eugippius. 2nd, completely revised and greatly expanded edition. de Gruyter, Berlin et al. 1989, ISBN 3-11-011445-3 , pp. 278 f., sv Endreim.
- ↑ Goethe: Faust. The tragedy part two. Third act. Second scene.