Alcaic stanza
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The Alcaic stanza is an ancient Greek lyrical verse form, later adopted by Latin poets like Horace, characterized by a specific quantitative metrical pattern traditionally used for serious or reflective themes.
Observed surface forms (1)
| Surface form | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Iambi | 2 |
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
lyric verse form
ⓘ
metrical stanza form ⓘ |
| adaptedInLanguage |
English
ⓘ
German ⓘ Italian ⓘ |
| associatedWithGenre | lyric poetry ⓘ |
| associatedWithTheme |
moral reflection
ⓘ
philosophical meditation ⓘ political reflection ⓘ reflective themes ⓘ serious themes ⓘ |
| belongsToTradition |
classical Greek poetry
ⓘ
classical Latin poetry ⓘ |
| characterizedBy |
fixed syllable counts per line
ⓘ
quantitative meter ⓘ specific pattern of long and short syllables ⓘ |
| contrastedWith |
Asclepiadean stanza
ⓘ
Sapphic stanza ⓘ |
| hasFormStructure | two longer lines followed by two shorter lines ⓘ |
| hasFunction |
expressing personal emotion
ⓘ
public or civic commentary ⓘ |
| hasOrigin | Ancient Greece NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasVariant |
Greek Alcaic stanza
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Latin Alcaic stanza NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| influenced | Alcaic stanza in modern European languages ⓘ |
| line1SyllableCount | 11 ⓘ |
| line2SyllableCount | 11 ⓘ |
| line3SyllableCount | 9 ⓘ |
| line4SyllableCount | 10 ⓘ |
| metricalFootType | combination of trochees and dactyls in classical usage ⓘ |
| metricalSystem | quantitative verse ⓘ |
| namedAfter | Alcaeus of Mytilene NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| oftenImitatedAs | accentual-syllabic pattern in modern languages ⓘ |
| regionOfOrigin | Lesbos NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| requiresFeature | quantity-based prosody in original form ⓘ |
| studiedInField |
classical philology
ⓘ
metrics ⓘ prosody ⓘ |
| timePeriodOfOrigin | 7th century BCE ⓘ |
| typicalNumberOfLines | 4 ⓘ |
| usedByPoet |
Alcaeus of Mytilene
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Horace NERFINISHED ⓘ Quintus Horatius Flaccus NERFINISHED ⓘ Sappho NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| usedInLanguage |
Ancient Greek
ⓘ
Latin NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| usedInWork | Odes of Horace NERFINISHED ⓘ |
Referenced by (5)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Iambi
this entity surface form:
Iambi