Dochmiac - Citizendia

Dochmiac is a poetic meter that is characteristically used in Greek tragedy, expressing extreme agitation or distress. In Poetry, the meter or metre is the basic rhythmic structure of a verse. There are examples in satyric drama and Aristophanes, but these are often paratragic in tone and impassioned. Aristophanes (Ἀριστοφάνης ˌærɪˈstɒfəniːz in English ca ^[1] The base metrical scheme is: u — — u —, although any of the long syllables may be resolved and either of the two shorts may be replaced by a long (drag-in where the first is replaced, drag-out where the second is replaced, and double drag where both are replaced). ^[1]

References

^ ^a ^b West, Martin (1982). Greek Metre. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 108-109.

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