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Iambic meters and meters that use a combination of iambs and anapests are also used. An iambic meter that goes back to Classical Windermere verse is ''chinung tălach'' ('hexad meter', more literally 'hexad count'), a form of alexandrine where each line consists of two iambic trimeter hemistichs separated by a caesura. The first of each group of three feet may occasionally be a trochee. | Iambic meters and meters that use a combination of iambs and anapests are also used. An iambic meter that goes back to Classical Windermere verse is ''chinung tălach'' ('hexad meter', more literally 'hexad count'), a form of alexandrine where each line consists of two iambic trimeter hemistichs separated by a caesura. The first of each group of three feet may occasionally be a trochee. | ||
Fantasy author Srăga Tsayfuan used a variety of meters for the poetry in his fantasy novels: | Fantasy author Srăga Tsayfuan used a variety of meters for the poetry in his fantasy novels. The following is an example of the alexandrine, which he uses for the songs by the Elves: | ||
<poem> | <poem> | ||
'''''Mi seaf imfnüd se doach te tsmüng păłoa mosrel,''''' | '''''Mi seaf imfnüd se doach te tsmüng păłoa mosrel,''''' | ||
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'''''Rinoat ef loc Dămath, dicleap yaf imhăcwel;''''' | '''''Rinoat ef loc Dămath, dicleap yaf imhăcwel;''''' | ||
'''''Doar bang, yăsnar, tămnüth, mi sngom se chwep păhem.''''' | '''''Doar bang, yăsnar, tămnüth, mi sngom se chwep păhem.''''' | ||
'''''— | '''''— Chnur fi Imthănür''''' | ||
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''Let Fortune turn her wheel, oblivious to our toil;'' | ''Let Fortune turn her wheel, oblivious to our toil;'' | ||
''we skillful ones work hard, and seek the light of day.'' | ''we skillful ones work hard, and seek the light of day.'' | ||
''— Song of the Elves'' | |||
</poem> | </poem> | ||