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Drinking meter long

Meter
Pronunciation

Understanding ARPABET Pronunciation

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The pronunciation guide uses the ARPABET phonetic system—the same system used in speech recognition and text-to-speech applications.

Vowel Examples:
AE1 = cat, bat
EH1 = bed, head
IY1 = see, me
OW1 = go, boat
UW1 = boot, do
Stress Numbers:
0 = no stress (unstressed)
1 = primary stress (loud)
2 = secondary stress (medium)
Example:
AH0 TH IY1 N AH0
= a-THEE-na (Athena)

The stressed syllable (marked with 1) is pronounced louder and clearer than others.

Quick Definition

An extended metrical form, often dactylic or anapestic, used for exuberant, wine-themed or convivial verse.

Detailed Definition
Drinking meter long is a colloquial term for a robust, extended metrical line used in convivial or carousing poetry, often dactylic or anapestic, designed to mimic the expansive, boisterous rhythm of communal drinking songs; it appears in classical symposia verse and later bacchic odes celebrating fellowship and intoxication.
Example
Example in poetry:
Anacreon’s drinking songs use “long” drinking meter (dactylic hexameter variants); Horace’s Odes adapt it for convivial themes; modern example: A.M. Juster’s translations retain drinking meter’s lilt; drinking meter long suits carpe diem and camaraderie; it’s lighter than epic hexameter; this meter emphasizes rhythm over narrative.
Additional Notes
Drinking meter long: A specific, lengthy metrical pattern or line structure used in traditional songs or poems focused on consumption, revelry, or toasts.
Also Known As
Long drinking measure Bacchic long meter Extended convivial meter Festal long rhythm Anacreontic hexameter
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