Housmania I was first introduced to A.E. Housman (1859-1936) by my professor of 17th c. poetry back in undergrad. He saw that I was always picking up on and exc Continue Reading →
The Cento Revisited It is well-known to students of Late Antique poetry that Vergil’s lines were could be dismembered, reassembled, and turned into something completely d Continue Reading →
Hexameter Verse/Prudentius (Updated) Prudentius, in his Hamartigenia, is not afraid to use a fifth-foot spondee from time to time. Here are the examples I’ve come across so far, all with Continue Reading →
