A Study of the Pervigilium Veneris
A Study of the Pervigilium Veneris
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The metre of the Pervigilium, as I have indicated by the translation, is the trochaic tetrameter (catalectic), of which perhaps the best known example in our language is Tennyson's Locksley Hall. I mention this because it seems to me almost certain that Tennyson had the Latin poem in mind when he wrote the lines about Spring : In the Spring the wanton lapwing gets himself another crest might be an expansion of "vere nubunt alites"; the "livelier iris" which "kindles on the burnished dove" is an... expression quite in keeping with the love of gorgeous colours so apparent in this old spring-song ; while vere concordant amoves may have suggested the too often profaned lines about "a young man's fancy. " The rapid rhythm of the trochaic tetrameter was felt by the Greeks to be pecuharly suited for the expression of excitement or enthusiasm. Thus in tragedy this metre is often used at a critical point in the play, where the feehngs of the characters have been worked up to a high pitch. It is felt to be appropriate for Iphigenia to use trochaics, when, in a state of high but sup- pressed excitement, she is trying to persuade Thoas to sanction the arrangements which she hopes will lead to her brother's escape^.
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The metre of the Pervigilium, as I have indicated by the translation, is the trochaic tetrameter (catalectic), of which perhaps the best known example in our language is Tennyson's Locksley Hall. I mention this because it seems to me almost certain that Tennyson had the Latin poem in mind when he wrote the lines about Spring : In the Spring the wanton lapwing gets himself another crest might be an expansion of "vere nubunt alites"; the "livelier iris" which "kindles on the burnished dove" is an... expression quite in keeping with the love of gorgeous colours so apparent in this old spring-song ; while vere concordant amoves may have suggested the too often profaned lines about "a young man's fancy. " The rapid rhythm of the trochaic tetrameter was felt by the Greeks to be pecuharly suited for the expression of excitement or enthusiasm. Thus in tragedy this metre is often used at a critical point in the play, where the feehngs of the characters have been worked up to a high pitch. It is felt to be appropriate for Iphigenia to use trochaics, when, in a state of high but sup- pressed excitement, she is trying to persuade Thoas to sanction the arrangements which she hopes will lead to her brother's escape^.
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