Word: iambic
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...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...
...metre which is perfectly marvellous. How is it done? And again, can it ever be done without sacrificing something of the thought or something of the metre? As to the latter, in the best works of our great poets, there occur such words as "under," "often," etc., in iambic metre where the accent is required on the last syllable, and "by the," "in the" &c, where only one short syllable is required. Now, if so much is sacrificed of the metre, the heavy material body of poetry, how much must be sacrificed of the ethereal soul, and those delicate fancies...