ALCAICS  , in See also:

• ANCIENT
• ANCIENT (also spelt ANTIENT; derived, through the Fr. ancien, old, from the late Lat. antianum, from ante, before)

ancient See also:

• POETRY

poetry, a name given to several kinds of See also:

• VERSE (from Lat. versus, literally a line or furrow drawn by turning the plough, from vertere, and afterwards signifying an arrangement of syllables into feet)

verse, from See also:

• ALCAEUS (Ar earos)

Alcaeus, their reputed inventor . The first See also:

• KIND (O. E. ge-cynde, from the same root as is seen in " kin," supra)

kind consists of five feet, viz. a spondee or See also:

• IAMBIC

iambic, an iambic, a See also:

• LONG, GEORGE (1800-1879)
• LONG, JOHN DAVIS (1838– )

long syllable and two dactyles; the second of two dactyles and two trochees . Besides these, which are called dactylic Alcaics, there is another, simply styled Alcaic, consisting of an epitrite, two choriambi and a bacchius; thus Cur timet flajvum Tiberim I tangere, cur [ olivum ? The Alcaic See also:

• ODE (Gr. uiSri, from aei&ew, to sing)

ode is composed of several strophes, each consisting of four verses, the first two of which are always eleven-syllable alcaics of the first kind; the third verse is an iambic dimeter hypercatalectic consisting of nine syllables; and the See also:

• FOURTH

fourth verse is a ten-syllable alcaic of the second kind . The following See also:

• STROPHE (Gr. o-rpod>)

strophe is of this See also:

• SPECIES

species, which See also:

• HORACE [QuINTus HORATIUS FLACCUS] (65-8 B.C.)

Horace calls Alcaei minaces camenae Non possidentem multa vocaveris Recte beatum; rectius occupat Nomen beati, qui deorum Muneribus sapienter uti . There is also a decasyllabic variety of the Alcaic See also:

• METRE ((terpuc?, sc. rFxvf, from Gr. Or poi', measure)

metre . The Alcaic measure was one of the most splendid inventions of See also:

• GREEK
• GREEK, ETRUSCAN AND

Greek metrical See also:

• ART

art . In its best examples it gives an impression of wonderful vigour and spontaneity . See also:

• TENNYSON, ALFRED TENNYSON

Tennyson has attempted to reproduce it in See also:

• ENGLISH

English in his O mighty-mouthed inventor of harmonies, O skilled to sing of See also:

• TIME (0. Eng. Lima, cf. Icel. timi, Swed. timme, hour, Dan. time; from the root also seen in " tide," properly the time of between the flow and ebb of the sea, cf. O. Eng. getidan, to happen, " even-tide," &c.; it is not directly related to Lat. tempus)
• TIME, MEASUREMENT OF
• TIME, STANDARD

time or eternity, See also:

• GOD

God-gifted See also:

• ORGAN

organ-See also:

• VOICE (Fr. voix, from Lat. vox)

voice of See also:

• ENGLAND
• ENGLAND, THE CHURCH OF

England, See also:

• MILTON
• MILTON, JOHN (1608–1674)

Milton, a name to resound for ages . See also:

• GERMAN
• GERMAN, DUTCH AND SCANDINAVIAN

German is, however, the only See also:

• MODERN

modern literature in which alcaics have been written with much success . They were introduced by See also:

• KLOPSTOCK, GOTTLIEB FRIEDRICH (1724–1803)

Klopstock, and used by See also:

• HOLDERLIN, JOHANN CHRISTIAN FRIEDRICH (1770-1843)

Holderlin, by See also:

• VOSS, JOHANN HEINRICH (1751–1826)
• VOSS, RICHARD (1851– )

Voss in his See also:

• TRANSLATIONS

translations of Horace, by A . See also:

• KOPISCH, AUGUST (1799-1853)

Kopisch and other modern German poets .