Siebensilbler

The seven-syllable (l) er is a meter or verse with seven syllables in the verse with the syllable-counting verse principle . Occasionally, especially in the context of ancient poetry, the term heptasyllabus is used.

literature

• Terry VF Brogan, Philip White: Heptasyllable. In: Roland Greene, Stephen Cushman et al. (Ed.): The Princeton Encyclopedia of Poetry and Poetics. 4th edition. Princeton University Press, Princeton 2012, ISBN 978-0-691-13334-8 , p. 618 ( limited previewhttp: //vorlage_digitalisat.test/1%3D~GB%3DuKiC6IeFR2UC~IA%3D~MDZ%3D%0A~SZ%3DPA618~ double-sided%3D~LT%3Deingeschr%C3%A4nkte%20Vorschau~PUR%3D in Google Book Search).
• W. Theodor Elwert : French metric. 4th edition. Hueber, Munich 1978, ISBN 3-19-003021-9 , p. 130.
• Walther Suchier : French verse theory on a historical basis (= collection of short textbooks on Romance languages ​​and literatures. Vol. 14, ZDB -ID 517267-6 ). Niemayer, Tübingen 1952, pp. 70-72.