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    The document discusses dactylic hexameter, the meter of classical Greek and Latin poetry. It defines dactylic hexameter as having six feet per line, with each foot being either a dactyl (one long syllable followed by two short syllables) or a spondee (two long syllables). It explains how to determine if a syllable is long or short based on vowel length and provides an example line with feet marked. Scansion, or marking long and short syllables, is important for understanding the rhythm when reading poetry aloud.

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    The document discusses dactylic hexameter, the meter of classical Greek and Latin poetry. It defines dactylic hexameter as having six feet per line, with each foot being either a dactyl (one long syllable followed by two short syllables) or a spondee (two long syllables). It explains how to determine if a syllable is long or short based on vowel length and provides an example line with feet marked. Scansion, or marking long and short syllables, is important for understanding the rhythm when reading poetry aloud.

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    DactylicHexameterTheLongandShortofIt
    Dactylichexameterisversecomposedoflinesofsix"feet"each:
    Daed&hls|InternaCre|tenlon|gumqu6p6|rosus183
    123456

    Eachfootiseitheradactylalong,short,shortarrangementofsyllables~w
    oraspondee2longsyllables
    Whetherasyllableislongorshortisdeterminedbyitsvowelorvowels.Avowelor
    combinationofvowelsislongorshortbynature(thewayitis)orbyposition.Vowels
    thatarelongbynaturehavebeenmarkedwithamacroninthetextofthisunit.A
    simplifiedruleforlengthbypositionisexplainedinStep2of"ScansionforLatinII"that
    followsinthisunit.
    Scansionisthetermforthemarkingofthelengthofthevowelsandthedivisionsofa
    lineintofeet(seeabove).Itisimportanttounderstandmeterandscansiontoknowthe
    correctrhythmofthelineswhenreadingaloudforthefulleffectsofapoem.
    WhenreadingapoemaloudinLatin,holdalongvoweltwiceaslongasashortone,
    likehalfnotesandquarternotesinmusic,anduseexpression,alsolikeinmusic.Donot
    readthelinestoomechanicallyasifkeepingbeattoadrum!Varyyourvoice
    appropriatelyforthemeaningofthewordswhilerespectingthemeter.Payattentionto
    howthepoetvariesthebeatthroughoutthepoemtoquickenorslowdownthepaceof
    thewords.
    RhythmPractice
    Taptherhythmofthefollowinglineswithyourfingersonyourdesktop.Then,practice
    readingthelinesaloudkeepingtherhythmwithouttapping.Pauseslightlywherethe
    wordshavebeenwidelyseparated.
    DaedSlus|TnterS|aCre|tenlon|gumqu5p5|rosus183
    exfli|um,tac|tusqueI6|clna|talisa|more,184
    claususe|ratpela|go."Ter|rasHcSt,"|Inquit,"6t|undas185
    obstrtiat,|atcaejlumcer|tep5tet.|Ibimus|Iliac!186
    15

    ScansionofDactylicHexameterforLatinII
    Followthesimplifiedstepsbelowtoscaneachlineofdactylichexameter.Allexamples
    arefrom"DaedalusetIcarus"{Met.8.183235).Theletter"v"standsforvowel
    and"c"forconsonant.
    Step1.Lookfor2typesofelision.Elisionisthedroppingofavoweltorunwords
    together.
    1.Crossoutavowelordiphthong(2vowelspronouncedasone:ae,oe,au,eu,ui,
    ei)attheendofawordwhenthenextwordbeginswithavowel,diphthong,or
    "h".
    VV

    Exampleatqueitacompositesparvocurvamineflectit194
    N.B."qu"alwaysactsasasingleconsonantforthesound[kw];similarly,"gu"and"su".

    2.Crossoutthefinal"m"ofawordwithitsprecedingvowelwhenthenextword
    beginswithavowel,diphthong,or"h".
    Thistypeofelisiondoesnotoccurin"DaedalusetIcarus."
    Step2.Markaslongalldiphthongsandvowelsthatarelongbyposition.Generally,
    avowelfollowedby2consonantsor"x","z",or"i/j"islong.Thereare
    exceptions.
    vccvccvcc

    ExampleDaedalusIntereaCretenlongumqueperosus183
    N.B.Diphthongsarelongbynature.Notethereisnoelisioninthisline.

    Step3.Markthelastfootofthelineasaspondeeandthe5thfootasadactyl.A
    spondeeisafootthatconsistsof2longsyllables:~~~Adactylisafootwith1
    longsyllablefollowedby2shortsyllables:~""Makeaverticallinebeforethe
    firstsyllablesofthe5thand6thfeet.
    ExampleDaedalusintereaCretenlon|gumquSpfi|rosus183
    56

    N.B.The"o"inperosuswasalreadymarkedlongbecauseitislongbynature.

    Step4.Marktheremainingvowelsasshortanddividetheremainingsyllablesinto4
    feet.
    ExampleDaedalus|InternaCre|tenI6n|gumqu5perosus183
    123456

    N.B.ThemetricalpatternofthislineisDDSSDS.

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