Cyclopædia
Assuming sapphic is required, the following result was found.
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ADONIChttps://chambers.encyclo.eu/index.php/poetry/ADONIC
verse, consisting of a Dactyl and a Spondee; as, Rara juventus.See VERSE.It is usually placed at the end of each stanza of Sapphic verses; and is so called from Adonis, in whose praise it was first made. See SAPPHIC. ADONIC
- Type: Article
- Author: Ephraïm Chambers
- Category: Poetry