Political Verse
(πολιτικòς στίχος, “city verse” or more likely “verse of ill repute”), a 15-syllable meter, based on word-accents, without reference to ancient patterns of long and short syllables. There is an invariable break after syllable 8 and compulsory accents on 14 and either 6 or 8 or both. Each half-line has an iambic tendency to stress even-numbered syllables, increasing in strength toward its end, as shown in the figure.... ...
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