Septenary

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Peter Lewis Groves (Monash University)

The Literary Encyclopedia. WORLD HISTORY AND IDEAS: A CROSS-CULTURAL VOLUME.

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Septenary: a line of seven beats, usually more or less iambic in movement. Often divided by rhyme or on the page into two lines, one of four beats and one of three (followed by a silent beat – see isoictic), it is the

common metre

of ballads and hymns:

Anon, “The Ballad of Sir Patrick Spens”

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Citation: Groves, Peter Lewis. "Septenary". The Literary Encyclopedia. First published 04 June 2007 [https://www.litencyc.com/php/stopics.php?rec=true&UID=5528, accessed 24 November 2024.]

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