- Biceps (prosody)
Biceps is a point in a metrical pattern that can be filled either with one long syllable (a
longum ) or two short syllables (brevia). It is found in thedactylic hexameter and thedactylic pentameter .It is not to be confused with resolution, which is the replacement of a long with two shorts. Resolution is carefully limited within a line, whereas a biceps can freely be either long or two shorts.
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