CLA101H5 Lecture Notes - Lecture 10: Elegiac Couplet, Dactylic Hexameter, Propertius
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> a side note on metre (= rhythm of speech): the elegiac couplet (metre of latin love elegy. One dactylic hexameter followed by one dactylic pentameter. [note: is a long syllable, u is a short syllable] > key aspects of the elegiac lover and his world: metrical form: elegiac couplet, rst- person subjective" poems with predominantly. though not exclusively, erotic content, recurrent themes, hetero- erotic xation: obsession with the one beloved woman (propertius: !1: romantic love under constant threat - regular emphasis on separation and loss. Monday, november 21, 2016 (both real or imagined: love poetry as an act of courtship, love as a literary artifact - the beloved as a source of poetic inspiration. All of the name are greek names. They can not be physical together with each other but that is what the poet want. +1. 19&fromdoc=perseus%3atext%3a1999. 02. 0067 -> look at this website for the english version of the book/ poem.
