E. T. Merrill, Commentary on Catullus, Metres., para 83

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83. GREATER ASCLEPIADIC verses compose c. 30. The scheme of each is as follows: -

oo -uu- -uu- -uu- u-

Contrary to the practice of Horace, caesura is not always observed between the successive series in each verse.

Catullus. Catullus. E. T. Merrill. Cambridge. Harvard University Press. 1893.

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