OCR Anthology for Classical Greek AS and A Level: 201921 by unknow

Author:unknow
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9781350012615
Publisher: Bloomsbury
Published: 2019-11-22T06:00:00+00:00

Analysing the line in terms of cola rather than feet is a much more intuitive way of understanding how the oral poet constructed his line. We note in particular that while certain metrical patterns can fit into multiple cola, others can only fit into one: the pattern short-long-short-short (∪ – ∪ ∪), for example, can only fit into the third colon, while long-long-short (– – ∪) can only fit into the second. The upshot of this is that whenever the poet wants to use a word or phrase that scans (e.g.) short-long-short-short, he knows straightaway that he will have to place it in the third colon, since this is the only place it will fit metrically.

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