八音节诗行
指以抑扬格或扬抑格构成的八音节四音步诗行,使用时可以允许某些有限度的变格。这种格式多见于双行体,而成为八音节双行体。拜伦曾提醒诗人们注意八音节诗行的致命弱点,即该诗体容易产生单调之感。但由于其本身结构的特点是节奏快速,所以八音节诗行非常适用于叙事诗歌。而且对于大手笔而言,要避免单调格局也非难事,如弥尔顿的《沉思的人》就是运用这一诗体的成功之例,如:
Come, pensive Nun, devout and pure,
Sober, steadfast and demure,
All in a robe of darkest grain,
Flowing with majestic train,
And sable stole of cypress lawn
Over thy decent shoulders drawn.
Come; but keep thy wonted state,
With even step, and musing gait....
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