The 5th line ( scanned above ) has a final extrametrical syllable or " feminine ending ", as does the 7th line.
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The masculine and feminine endings in "-en " and "-e " of the indefinite article were frequently dropped even in written language.
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This form indicates that the feminine ending " " is pronounced " " in pausa ( at the end of an utterance ).
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It is possible that the first couplet also has feminine endings, though Booth reads " pow'r " and " hour " as monosyllabic.
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Booth and Kerrigan agree that lines 2 and 4 should be construed as having a final extrametrical syllable or " feminine ending ".
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It already has its fundamental text : " Feminine Endings : Music, Gender and Sexuality, " by Susan McClary, an influential feminist study.
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The construct " A�nna " contains the German pronunciation of the initials " A " and " N " followed by the feminine ending.
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Like " Ye Goatherd Gods " it is written in unrhymed iambic pentameter and uses exclusively feminine endings, reflecting the Italian " endecasillabo ".
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In actual verse, such lines are rare at best, as Tarlinskaya notes ( " syllable 10 in feminine endings is always stressed . )"
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Fleay concentrated on rhymed versus unrhymed verse, and regular iambic pentameter lines versus lines with a " feminine ending, " an extra unstressed final syllable.
