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Questions related to aspects of Latin as used in poetry.

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Rhyming in Classical Latin Poetry

There are many Ecclesiastical Latin hymns that incorporate a rhyming scheme that sounds very satisfying to an English ear. One common example: Tantum ergo sacramentum veneremur cernui et antiquum documentum novo cedat ritui praestet fides…
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When did rhyme enter Latin poetry or song?

Judging by this question on rhyming in classical poetry, it seems that rhyme did not make its way to Latin poetry in the classical era. As far as I know, even hymns intended for singing (like Carmen saeculare) were not rhymed. However, rhyming is…
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What are our sources for Longinus' De sublimitate?

What I am interested in is the part where he quotes Sappho, or, even more specifically, l. 3 of the second stanza of the quoted poem, and in particular the verb in that line. This starts from this post. The answer there told me the poem comes from…
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Pauses in Latin Poetry

What do the red lines mean in the poem below. Are those where you are supposed to pause? I thought there should only be a pause at the end of the line. If you could listen to this speaker recite the poem and tell if she doing it right I would…
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Auster misceat mare aestum

This is from Boethius Consolation of Philosophy, which can be found here: http://mizar.unive.it/mqdq/public/testo/testo?codice=BOETH%7Ccons%7C001 Si mare uoluens Turbidus Auster Misceat aestum, And is translated…
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Has Carmen Navale of the 7th century not been translated?

This is an amazing song and I desperately want to know what this poem means https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CYj8eBFUTp4 By listening I could make out the words: Heu ... nostrum ... Heu ... solatea arbitrium refusi late mare sol serenum laca tum…
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Why are choliambics not included in the musisque deoque database?

It seems like the musisque deoque have literally scanned all of Latin poetry and maybe even Greek but I haven't search that. Here is a list of the meters found in their database: http://mizar.unive.it/mqdq/public/indici/metri/metro/V But the first…
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