Word: iambic
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...BRADFORD, JR., Pres.TO SENIORS. All contributions of words for the Class Song must be handed in by June 5, All those so-inclined who have not tried, are urged to do so at once. Attention is again called to the verse form preferred, namely, that in the eight syllable iambic, commonly called long metre, with four or eight line stanzas. I hold myself ready to state further particulars to all those interested...
...ROUNDY, Sec'y.TO SENIORS.- A personal interview is earnestly desired with those seniors who can be persuaded to write words for the Class Song. Attention is again called to the form of verse preferred, namely, that in the eight syllable iambic, or "Song" metre, with alternate rhymes, and four or eight-line stanzas...
...SMITH, Jr.CLASS OF EIGHTY FIVE.- Those members of '85 who are poetically inclined are earnestly requested to write words for the Class Song as soon as possible. The eight-syllable iambic or song metre is recommended...
...which he conducted his winter readings has been preserved as far as possible, although something has been lost by the printing, for as Prof. Palmer admits "methods originally fitted to the ear will not be equally well-suited to the eye." The translation is constructed in loose iambic which give a flow and freedom to the translation and makes us feel that Homer is in fact as well as in reputation a bard. The order of the original is followed very closely, and this method of translation gives a certain quaintness that is seldom met with in other translations...