Talk:Alcaic stanza

No merge with Anacreontics
I don't see why the page on the Alcaic stanza should be merged with the page on Anacreontics. They're two different meters. Jack (talk) 10:32, 20 November 2007 (UTC)
 * Yes, the proposal makes no sense, and I'll remove the merge templates. Wareh (talk) 20:41, 3 January 2009 (UTC)

Use in English?
I'm confused by the mention of adaptations to French (weakly metric, unstressed!) and English (stressed unmetric!) towards the end of the Latin variant description. All I can see in the English sample given is that it has the right number of syllables; I couldn't myself argue that it has the indicated stresses or caesurae (for all these might matter). 142.151.171.122 (talk) 20:13, 8 July 2010 (UTC)

Dubious translation
The rather poor translation "Prior to this, 'twas | irreligious to waste" etc., which doesn't sound the least bit like an Alcaic stanza, and doesn't help the reader to understand the rhythm, seems to me out of place. I propose to delete it. Kanjuzi (talk) 19:00, 4 February 2024 (UTC)