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Rearranged hexameter

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

A reordered or variational scheme of traditional hexameter structure.

Detailed Definition
Rearranged hexameter describes a classical hexameter line whose standard dactylic-iam bic pattern has been intentionally disrupted or reordered for expressive or experimental effect; poets may invert feet, insert spondees, or fragment the line to mirror psychological turmoil, modern dissonance, or to critique traditional epic grandeur.
Example
Example in poetry:
An ancient epic line (dactylic hexameter) where the usual foot pattern (e.g., dactyl, dactyl, dactyl, dactyl, dactyl, spondee) is deliberately varied or inverted for effect, while maintaining the six-foot structure; The use of a meter that approximates the six-foot line, but uses different rhythmic substitution (e.g., iambs or trochees) instead of the classical dactyls and spondees; A line of verse that is six metrical feet long, but whose feet are irregularly distributed or mixed; A hexameter line that is intentionally broken by internal pauses to alter the expected rhythm
Additional Notes
A poem or section composed of hexameters (six metrical feet) where the feet or words are deliberately scrambled or ordered in a non-standard way to disrupt the expected classical rhythm.
Also Known As
Altered hexameter rearranged six-foot line inverted hexameter Anaclastic hexameter
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