Classic and Contemporary Poetry

THE OVIDIAN ELEGIAC METRE, DESCRIBED AND EXEMPLIFIED, by SAMUEL TAYLOR COLERIDGE                Poet Analysis     Poet's Biography
First Line: In the hexameter rises the fountain's silvery column
Last Line: In the pentameter aye falling in melody back.
Subject(s): Mnemonics; Ovid (43 B.c.-17 A.d.); Poetry & Poets