New Method Analyzing Latin Hexameters by Kollmann (1 results)

Reprint, stapled. Condition: Gut. pp. 64-72. From the library of Prof. Wolfgang Haase, long-time editor of the ANRW and the International Journal of the Classical Tradition (IJCT). - With dedication by the author. - Rubbed and bumped, author's name handwritten on cover, otherwise clean. - From the text: The existence in Latin of a verse-intonation (Ictus) different from proseaccentuation (Accent) is accepted to-day by the majority of scholars. Although the relation between these intonations is an essential feature of Latin poetry, the implications of the fact that every word in Latin verse is thus subject to two sets of intonation, have not been evaluated so far. Lately the connection between ictus and accent on one hand and syntax on the other has been shown and the importance of vowels in Latin poetry has been stressed.1 As traditional metrical analysis does not express these factors, I have tried to find a new way to make their representation possible. The method proposed enables us to discover sound-relations and syntactic connections which could not be detected by the traditional method. It should, however, be borne in mind that metrical analysis is but a means for understanding poetry by representing some of its important factors, and not an end in itself. Sprache: Englisch Gewicht in Gramm: 550.…