| 释义 |
hyperˈmetrical, a. Pros.
[f. as prec. + -al1.]
= prec. 1.
1751Johnson Rambler No. 88 ⁋15 Milton frequently uses..the hypermetrical or redundant line of eleven syllables. 1871Public Sch. Lat. Gram. 466 Hypermetrical verses were introduced by Ennius, probably..from his misapprehending Homer. 1886J. B. Mayor Eng. Metre vi. 98 Verses with hypermetrical syllables. 1891J. W. Bright Anglo-Saxon Reader 238 These hypermetrical half-lines occur either singly or in groups, and usually add dignity to the sense and movement of the passage. 1922F. Klaeber Beowulf p. lxxi, Groups of emphatic hypermetrical types are introduced three times. 1935A. C. Bartlett Larger Rhet. Patterns Anglo-Saxon Poetry 70 The hypermetrical irregularities of the other Anglo-Saxon poems. 1958A. J. Bliss Metre of Beowulf 88 It is common ground that the vast majority of hypermetrical verses end with a group of syllables which is exactly equivalent to an ordinary verse. |