Period

The metric period ( Greek  περίοδος periodos "handling", "cycle") is a term borrowed from rhetoric in ancient verse . Like the rhetorical period, it is either divided into several (mostly 2–4) kola or it consists of a sequence of similar verses, with the periods separated from one another by a pause, hiat , anceps or clause .

literature

• Gero von Wilpert : Subject dictionary of literature. Special edition of the 8th, improved and expanded edition. Kröner, Stuttgart 2013, ISBN 978-3-520-84601-3 , p. 601.