...to the wish of giving to the verse a greater degree of weight and dignity.3 In consequence of this, the spondee was allowed to take the place of the iambus in the first, third, and fifth feet. The admission of the spondee paved the way for other innovations. Thus, the double time of one long...

...fifth semi-foot: as, Phase- | lus il- I le quêm | vïdê- | tïa hôs- | piles. Catullus. But th« pure Iambic was rarely used, and the Spondee was allowed...place of the Iambus in the first, third and fifth stations, for the purpose of giving to the verse a greater degree of weight and dignity. A further...