Hypercatalexes

In ancient metrics , the hypercatalexes denote a verse that ends with an extra unstressed syllable.

Example from the Ring des Polykrates by Friedrich Schiller :

It stood on its battlements

◡ — ◡ — ◡ — ◡ — ◡

The first verse is iambic interpreted hyperkatalektisch:

◡— | ◡— | ◡— | ◡— | ◡

If one sees this verse as trochaic , however , it is akatalectic ( i.e. complete) with a prelude :

◡ | —◡ | —◡ | —◡ | —◡

See also: Katalexe

literature

• Otto Knörrich: Lexicon of lyrical forms (= Kröner's pocket edition . Volume 479). Kröner, Stuttgart 1992, ISBN 3-520-47901-X , p. 101.