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Second Glyconic

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 glyconic line with an additional short syllable at the end, creating a feminine cadence

Detailed Definition
Second Glyconic is a variant of the Glyconic meter—a classical Aeolic line—structured as a choriamb followed by an iamb (– ᴗ ᴗ – ᴗ –); it appears in Greek choral odes and is occasionally revived in neoclassical poetry for its lyrical compactness and melodic contour.
Example
Example in poetry:
Second Glyconic meter (classical): “Beneath the moon’s pale eye”; In Greek lyric, used for choral odes; Contemporary approximation: “Waves whisper secrets to the shore”; Student exercise: “Stars stitch the night with silver thread” as Second Glyconic; Another: “Wind carries your name through empty halls.”
Additional Notes
Second Glyconic expands basic Glyconic by one metrical unit. Classical Greek meter. Related to First Glyconic. Quantitative pattern: ×ׯ˘˘¯˘¯. Technical term for classical prosody study.
Also Known As
glyconic + x extended glyconic
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