GALLIAMBUS: In classical poetry, a lyric meter consisting of four iambic dipodies, the last of which is catalectic, dropping the final accent, or a line of four lesser Ionic feet catalectic, varied by anaclasis.
at left: Henry Howard, Earl of Surrey
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