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 * elementum longum: ¯ or — or — or - indicates a longum
 * elementum brevis: ˘ or ◡ or ∪ or u or v indicates a brevis
 * elementum anceps: × or × or x indicates an anceps, which can be long, short, or two short
 * elementum biceps: two shorts are replaced with one long, or one long with two shorts
 * elementum indifferens: &#x25E0;&#x0323; or ◠, which can be either long or short, but not two shorts
 * elementum : ° or O or o indicates an aeolic basis, which can be either long or short, but not two shorts

metra
— ◡ ◡      dactylus         (da) — —        spondeus         (sp) ◡ — —      baccheus         (ba) — ◡ —      creticus         (cr) × — ◡ —    iambus           (ia) — ◡ ◡ —    choriambus       (chor) — ◡ — ×    trochaeus        (tr) ◡ ◡ — —    ionicus a minore (iomi) — — ◡ ◡    ionicus a maiore (ioma) ◡ ◡ — ◡ ◡ — anapaestus      (an)

Elegic distichon
dactylic hexameter / dactylic pentamer: — ◡◡  | — ◡◡  | — ◡◡  | — ◡◡ | — ◡ ◡ | — — — ◡◡  | — ◡◡  | —  || — ◡ ◡ | — ◡ ◡ | —

Aeolic poetry
basic:
 * O O | — ◡ ◡ — | — : pherecrateus (pher)
 * O O | — ◡ ◡ — | ◡ — : glyconeus (gl)
 * O O | — ◡ ◡ — | ◡ — — : hipponacteus (hipp)

akephalic:
 * O | — ◡ ◡ — | — : telesilleus (^pher)
 * O | — ◡ ◡ — | ◡ — : reizianus (^gl)
 * O | — ◡ ◡ — | ◡ — — : octosyllabus (^hipp)


 * — ◡ ◡ | — — : adoneus (da+sp)
 * — ◡ ◡ | — ◡ — : (da+cr)
 * — ◡ ◡ — | ◡ — — : aristophaneus (chor+ba)


 * O O | — ◡ ◡ — | ◡ — || O O | — ◡ ◡ — | — : priapeus (gl+pher)

hendecasyllabus:
 * O O | — ◡ ◡ — | ◡ —, ◡ — — : hendecasyllabus phalaecius, phalaceus(?) or phalaecium (gl+ba)
 * × — ◡ —, O | — ◡ ◡ — | ◡ — : hendecasyllabus alcaicus alc11 (ia+^gl)
 * — ◡ —, O | — ◡ ◡ — | ◡ — — : hendecasyllabus sapphicus or sapphicus minor (cr+^hipp)


 * × — ◡ — | × — ◡ — | × : enneacasyllabus alcaicus alc9 (ia+ia+×)
 * — ◡ ◡ | — ◡ ◡ — | ◡ — — : decasyllabus alcaicus alc10 (^^hippda)
 * — ◡ —, O | — ◡ ◡ — | — ◡ ◡ — | ◡ — — : sapphicus maior (cr+^hippchor)
 * O O | — ◡ ◡ — | — ◡ ◡ — | ◡ — : (asclepiadeus minor: glchor)
 * O O | — ◡ ◡ — | — ◡ ◡ — | — ◡ ◡ — | ◡ — : asclepiadeus maior: gl2chor

Strophae
alcaicum: (ia+^gl / ia+^gl / ia+ia+^hippda ), or: × — ◡ — O — ◡ ◡ — ◡ — (alc11) × — ◡ — O — ◡ ◡ — ◡ — (alc11) × — ◡ — × — ◡ — O     (alc9 ) — ◡ ◡ — ◡ ◡ — ◡ — —   (alc10)

sapphicum: (cr+^hipp / cr+^hipp / cr+^gl+^pher), or: — ◡ — O — ◡ ◡ — ◡ — — (sapphicus minor) — ◡ — O — ◡ ◡ — ◡ — — (sapphicus minor) — ◡ — O — ◡ ◡ — ◡ — — (sapphicus minor) — ◡ ◡ — —             (adoneus)

sapphicum alterum: (cho+ba / cr+^hipp): — ◡ ◡ — ◡ — —                 (aristophaneus) — ◡ — O — ◡ ◡ — — ◡ ◡ — ◡ — — (sapphicus maior)

asclepiadeum alterum: (ascl / ascl / ascl / gl): O O — ◡ ◡ — — ◡ ◡ — ◡ — (asclepiadeus minor) O O — ◡ ◡ — — ◡ ◡ — ◡ — (asclepiadeus minor) O O — ◡ ◡ — — ◡ ◡ — ◡ — (asclepiadeus minor) O O — ◡ ◡ — ◡ —         (glyconeus)

asclepiadeum tertium: (ascl / ascl / pher / gl): O O — ◡ ◡ — — ◡ ◡ — ◡ — (asclepiadeus minor) O O — ◡ ◡ — — ◡ ◡ — ◡ — (asclepiadeus minor) O O — ◡ ◡ — —           (pherecrateus) O O — ◡ ◡ — ◡ —         (glyconeus)

asclepiadeum quartum: (ascl / gl / ascl / gl): O O — ◡ ◡ — — ◡ ◡ — ◡ — (asclepiadeus minor) O O — ◡ ◡ — ◡ —         (glyconeus) O O — ◡ ◡ — — ◡ ◡ — ◡ — (asclepiadeus minor) O O — ◡ ◡ — ◡ —         (glyconeus)