গ্রিক ও ল্যাটিন 4 tetrametric লাইনের strophes গঠিত কবিতা ব্যবহৃত মিটার শ্লোক; খ্যাতি বা অখ্যাতি Alcaeus দ্বারা আবিষ্কৃত

alcaic's Usage Examples:

Another form of hendecasyllabic verse is the “Alcaic” (Latin: hendecasyllabus alcaicus; used in the Alcaic stanza), which has the pattern: ⏓ – ⏑ – ⏓ – ⏑ ⏑ – ⏑ –.

commemorated by Samuel Johnson, a personal friend and a patient, with the Latin alcaic ode, Ad Thomam Laurence, medicum doctissimum, cum filium peregre agentem.

His Odes featured more complex measures, including alcaics and sapphics, which were sometimes a difficult fit for Latin structure.

alcaic's Meaning':

verse in the meter used in Greek and Latin poetry consisting of strophes of 4 tetrametric lines; reputedly invented by Alcaeus