Vedic Metre in its Historical Development c14.46

c14.46

Of our verses (Table, § 212) 5 per cent. have caesura after the third syllable, 23 per cent. after the fourth, and 72 per cent. after the fifth. Of 100 dimeter verses measured in the same way the proportions are 22, 32 and 39 respectively, whilst 8 verses have no break (except within a compound) in any of these positions.