I’m working on a combination of pages and blog posts about the subject of Ancient Greek meters (metres) in English. The bilingual form of “meter” is to show respect to my favorite sources of texts, who are British. The Greater Asclepiad is a rhythmic form that I fell in love with the first time I sounded it out. When I lived in my car for a couple of months during the rainy season in Southern California in early 1978, I frequently sat and listened to the rain for hours at a stretch trying to hear the rhythm emerge from the downpour. If you’re unfamiliar with it, here’s a quick rough sketch in anticipation of later, more detailed posts:
- x – x x – - x x – - x x – x -
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