Vedic Metre in its Historical Development c13.126

c13.126

In all the groups the forms with short sixth and long fifth syllable are rare, and the trochaic and syncopated forms are the most common; so that it is plain that the metre is substantially the same. In the strophic period the iambic cadence is only found in one-tenth of the verses and the syncopated form is as common as the trochaic: so that it would seem that the relative change is in the same direction as in the opening.