Mar 9
a metre used in the songs of norway it looks quite simple, the lines are four, eh? with trochees, dactyls it's quite intense, you know this metre from somewhere else? (this metre is called nystev btw, curious to hear if you know similar metres)
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◡ – ◡ – ◡ ◡ – ◡ – ◡ a metre used in the songs of norway ◡ – ◡ – ◡ ◡ – ◡ – ◡ it looks quite simple, the lines are four, eh? ◡ – ◡ – ◡ ◡ – ◡ – with trochees, dactyls it's quite intense, ◡ – ◡ – ◡ ◡ – ◡ – you know this metre from somewhere else?
Fascinating! Is it trochees and dactyls or is it iambs and amphibrachs? How fixed is the form? Is it always ◡ – ◡ – ◡ ◡ – ◡ – (◡) ?
