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> What I find interesting with these transition delimiters is their frequent pairing with an adjective that characterizes the speaker [...] That would explain w
by kibwen 10mo ago
> What I find interesting with these transition delimiters is their frequent pairing with an adjective that characterizes the speaker [...] That would explain why he continuously and repeatedly uses them across both poems.
You don't need to speculate, this is known as an "epithet", and is well-studied: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Epithet#Literature https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Epithet#Literature
- quuxplusone 10mo agoAnd specifically concerning meter, this was Milman Parry's big discovery. https://archive.org/details/MilmanParryTheMakingOfHomericVerse1971 https://archive.org/details/MilmanParryTheMakingOfHomericVer... https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Milman_Parry https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Milman_Parry