septenary
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Some authors pretend to assume that this well marked septenary system has reference to the Pleiades or Seven stars.
From Vestiges of the Mayas or, Facts Tending to Prove that Communications and Intimate Relations Must Have Existed, in very Remote Times, Between the Inhabitants of Mayab and Those of Asia and Africa by Le Plongeon, Augustus
In the Elizabethan age the alexandrine and the septenary were each used chiefly in conjunction with the other, in alternation of six-stress and seven-stress verses.
From English Verse Specimens Illustrating its Principles and History by Alden, Raymond MacDonald
It is septenary in constitution, as may be seen in its vibrations expressed in color and sound.
From Elementary Theosophy by Rogers, L. W. (Louis William)
This is a rare instance of the use of the long septenary in nineteenth-century poetry.
From English Verse Specimens Illustrating its Principles and History by Alden, Raymond MacDonald
Every sound ought to have a septenary relation to the planes of consciousness, and the differentiations of life, force and matter on each.
From AE in the Irish Theosophist by Russell, George William
In this play the alexandrine is the dominant measure, though mingled with occasional septenaries still.
From English Verse Specimens Illustrating its Principles and History by Alden, Raymond MacDonald
We find, therefore, tumbling verse, alexandrines, septenaries, and intricate strophic forms, all commonly written with slight regard for syllable-counting principles.
From English Verse Specimens Illustrating its Principles and History by Alden, Raymond MacDonald
Chapman's translation of Iliad is the longest modern English poem in septenaries.
From English Verse Specimens Illustrating its Principles and History by Alden, Raymond MacDonald
The poem opens with a septenary— "Tho Iesu Crist an eorthe was, mylde weren his dede;" and septenaries and alexandrines are used interchangeably.
From English Verse Specimens Illustrating its Principles and History by Alden, Raymond MacDonald
The use of alexandrines and septenaries together, we have seen, was common even in the Middle English period, but not in regular alternation.
From English Verse Specimens Illustrating its Principles and History by Alden, Raymond MacDonald
