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Roman poets, particularly Catullus, Propertius, Tibullus, and Ovid, adopted the same form in ______ many years later.
Roman poets, particularly Catullus, Propertius, Tibullus, and Ovid, adopted the same form in ______ many years later.
Latin
The elegiac couplet is a poetic form used by Greek ______ poets for a variety of themes usually of smaller scale than the epic.
The elegiac couplet is a poetic form used by Greek ______ poets for a variety of themes usually of smaller scale than the epic.
lyric
As with the English heroic couplet, each pair of lines usually makes sense on its own, while forming part of a larger ______.
As with the English heroic couplet, each pair of lines usually makes sense on its own, while forming part of a larger ______.
work
Each couplet consists of a dactylic hexameter verse followed by a dactylic ______ verse.
Each couplet consists of a dactylic hexameter verse followed by a dactylic ______ verse.
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The form was felt by the ancients to contrast the rising action of the first verse with a falling quality in the ______.
The form was felt by the ancients to contrast the rising action of the first verse with a falling quality in the ______.
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