Iambic dimeter
The iambic dimeter is in the ancient Verslehre one of two iambic metrics composite meter . In metric formula notation , the iambic trimeter is used asyes d written.
Since the iambic meter is a dipody , i.e. it consists of two verse feet, the iambic dimeter has four verse feet, so it basically agrees with the four-footed iambic quaternar or the iambic tetrapody (yes 4) match. In languages with an accented verse principle, such as German, the corresponding meter is the iambic four-key .
Ancient forms
The schemes of the various forms are in metric notation :
- iambic dimeter (yes d):
- × —ˌ◡—. × —ˌ◡ ◠
- Iambic Quaternar (yes 4) or.
- × —ˌ × —ˌ × —ˌ◡ ◠
- catalectic iambic quaternar (yes 4c):
- × —ˌ × —ˌ × —ˌ ◠
Examples are the Pentecost hymn Veni creator spiritus by Rabanus Maurus and the hymn Vexilla regis by Venantius Fortunatus
Iambic four-lifter
In the accentuating metric of modern languages such as German, the iambic dimeter corresponds to the iambic four-key, whereby the metrical ambivalences of the ancient meter are omitted and the verse can also be catalectic:
- ◡ — ˌ◡ — ˌ◡ — ˌ◡ (-)
literature
- Sandro Boldrini : Prosody and Metrics of the Romans. Teubner, Stuttgart & Leipzig 1999, ISBN 3-519-07443-5 , pp. 100-102.
- Gero von Wilpert : Subject dictionary of literature. 8th edition Kröner, Stuttgart 2013, ISBN 978-3-520-84601-3 , p. 176.