eumolpique

eumolpique

      poetic measure devised by the French poet and composer Antoine Fabre d'Olivet (1767–1825). It consists of two unrhymed alexandrines (alexandrine) (lines of iambic hexameter), the first verse of 12 syllables ending in masculine (stressed) rhyme (masculine rhyme), the second of 13 syllables ending in feminine (unstressed) rhyme (feminine rhyme).

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  • eumolpique — (eu mol pi k ) adj. Nom donné par Fabre d Olivet à des vers alexandrins sans rime, où il mettait alternativement des terminaisons masculines et féminines. ÉTYMOLOGIE    Terme grec signifiant harmonieux et provenant de mots traduits par de bien et …   Dictionnaire de la Langue Française d'Émile Littré

  • eumolpique — eu·mol·pique …   English syllables

  • eumolpique — œ̅mȯlpēk noun ( s) Etymology: French, from Greek eumolpein to sing well (from eu + molpein, akin to Greek melpein to sing) + French ique ic : a poetic measure consisting of two unrhymed Alexandrines with alternate masculine and feminine endings …   Useful english dictionary

  • Fabre d'Olivet — Antoine Fabre d Olivet (December 8, 1767 ndash;March 25, 1825) was a French author, poet and composer whose Biblical and philosophical hermeneutics influenced many occultists, such as Eliphas Lévi and Gerard Encausse. His best known work today is …   Wikipedia

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