Vedic Metre in its Historical Development c14.141
Vedic Metre in its Historical Development c14.141
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c14.141
In the hymns therefore of this group the dimeter and trimeter rhythm have developed in opposite directions. The favour shewn in dimeter verse to a long third syllable may perhaps be connected with the fact that the fifth syllable is always short: but at any rate the favour regularly shewn in trimeter verse to a short third syllable is most marked when the fifth syllable is long.