Syllaba Anceps

Entertainment / Literature / Syllaba Anceps: Also called a syllable anceps, the term refers to a syllable that may be read as either long or short--especially a syllable at the end of a line. See discussion under sapphic meter.
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Syllaba Anceps

Entertainment / Literature / Syllaba Anceps: Also called a syllable anceps, the term refers to a syllable that may be read as either long or short--especially a syllable at the end of a line. See discussion under sapphic meter. MORE

Syllabary

Entertainment / Literature / Syllabary: A writing system in which each symbol represents a syllable such as in Japanese kana (hiragana and katakana) scripts or in Sequoia's writing system for Amerindian readers. MORE

Sapphic Meter

Entertainment / Literature / Sapphic Meter: Typically, this meter is found in quatrains in which the first three lines consist of eleven syllables and the fourth line contains five. The metrical pattern is as follows in the first three lines: ( MORE