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alcaic /alˈkeɪɪk/ Prosody

▶adjective written in or denoting a verse metre occurring in four-line stanzas. ▶noun (alcaics) alcaic verse.

– origin C17: via late L. from Gk alkaikos, from Alkaios Alcaeus (c.620–c.580 bc), Greek lyric poet.

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