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and "u" a brevis. "x x" is known as the Aeolic base, which can be a spondeus "- -", a trochee "- u", or an iamb "u -". The middle foot "- u u -" is a choriambus, as a so-called choriambic nucleus is a defining element of Aeolic verse. As in all classical verse forms, the phenomenon of

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