septenary
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But on account of its customary pause after the fourth foot, it very early broke into two short lines of four and three stresses each, and thus the septenary couplet became the ballad stanza.
From The Principles of English Versification by Paull Franklin Baum
Here the septenary is introduced in the May-day song of Ralph, the London apprentice, doubtless because of its popularity for such unliterary verse.
From English Verse Specimens Illustrating its Principles and History by Raymond MacDonald Alden
Now, as I have said, our puzzle may be solved at once by merely converting 1,000,000 dollars to the septenary scale.
From Amusements in Mathematics by Henry Ernest Dudeney
It is possible to think of the soul as a reincarnating entity, whether it be a monad, duad, triad, or septenary being.
From Reincarnation and the Law of Karma A Study of the Old-New World-Doctrine of Rebirth, and Spiritual Cause and Effect by William Walker Atkinson
Senary applied to the physical man; the septenary to his spirit, 634-l.
From Morals and Dogma of the Ancient and Accepted Scottish Rite of Freemasonry by Albert Pike
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 Raymond MacDonald Alden
Chapman's translation of Iliad is the longest modern English poem in septenaries.
From English Verse Specimens Illustrating its Principles and History by Raymond MacDonald Alden
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 Raymond MacDonald Alden
These are the literal meanings; the mystic meanings are very different, and among other things denote the septenary prismatic colours and other septenaries in nature.
From Simon Magus by George Robert Stow Mead
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 Raymond MacDonald Alden
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