Word-ends and metrical boundaries in ancient iambic trimeter of comedy
Word-ends and metrical boundaries in ancient iambic trimeter of comedy

Summary/Abstract: It is generally known that word-ends in a verse tend to accumulate in certain positions, while they are avoided in other positions. Researches concerning regularities in occurrences of word-ends are quite common in verse theory (incl. ancient metrics). Thus, as for the inheritance of ancient Greek poetry, hexameter as well as lyric and tragic iamb has been thoroughly analysed: the positions of main caesuras and bridges are established. But at the same time the occurrences of word-ends in iambic trimeter of comedy have not been given enough attention. In the present research an attempt is made to correct such deficiency and to describe the most important statistical regularities in this verse.

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