Dimeter
The Dimeter is Verslehre of two metrics existing meter . In the dipodischen Versfüßen Jambus , Trochäus and anapaest in which a Metron of two Versfüßen consists corresponds to the four Versfüßen and thus the Quaternary or in German replica of the four jacks , with all other Versfüßen such as the Daktylus the Dimeter has two metrical feet and thus corresponds to the dipody . In metric formula notation , the dimeter has a superscriptd marked.
Examples of dimeters in ancient poetry are:
- Iambic Dimeter (yes d):
- × —ˌ◡—. × —ˌ◡ ◠
- Catalectic iambic dimeter (yes dc)
- × —ˌ◡ — ˌ × —ˌ ◠
- Trochaic dimeter (tr d):
- —◡ˌ— ×. — ◡ˌ— ◠
- —◡ˌ— ×. — ◡ˌ ◠
- Anaesthetic Dimeter (at d):
- ◡◡ —ˌ ◡◡ -. ◡◡ —ˌ ◡◡ ◠
- Often used by Plautus in Roman comedy .
- Catalectic Anaesthetic Dimeter (to dc), better known as Parömiakos :
- ◡◡ —ˌ ◡◡ -. ◡◡ —ˌ ◠
- Cretan Dimeter (cr d):
- —◡ — ˌ — ◡ ◠
- Bacchic Dimeter (ba d):
- × ——ˌ × - ◠
In German poetry was trochaic four jacks used for simulating Roman versification, so by Herder in his paraphrase of the Spanish national epic of the Cid , and worked as a verse of romance stanza popular with the Romantics.
The iambic four-lifter is used in some well-known ballads, for example in Schiller's Lied von der Glocke .
literature
- Sandro Boldrini : Prosody and Metrics of the Romans. Teubner, Stuttgart & Leipzig 1999, ISBN 3-519-07443-5 .
- Otto Knörrich: Lexicon of lyrical forms (= Kröner's pocket edition . Volume 479). 2nd, revised edition. Kröner, Stuttgart 2005, ISBN 3-520-47902-8 , p. 43.
- Gero von Wilpert : Subject dictionary of literature. 8th edition Kröner, Stuttgart 2013, ISBN 978-3-520-84601-3 , p. 176.