ïòèéäåñ
+ âïê + ûáò + áäáí = ñíâ + èïòåê + ûáòáäïéä
+ A
ÏÒÈÉÄÅÑ - orchid
ÂÏÊ - combat
ÛÁÒ - globe
áÄÁÍ - Adam
ÑÍÂ - iamb
ÈÏÒÅÊ - trochee
ÛÁÒÁÄÏÉÄ - "charadoid" (a charade-like
puzzle)
"an iamb from a trochee he could not -
no matter how we strove - distinguish
dispraised Homer, Theocritus,
but read, in compensation, Adam Smith" (EO,
One:VII:3-6)
Alexey Sklyarenko
p. s. The last line of my previous post should read: "he
believed that poets who wished to convince should use the anapaest (p. 221 of
the Panthers edition)".