In addition to lyric poetry, what kind of verses did Horace create?
Hexameter
Pentameter
Tetrameter
Dactylic
Answer
Hexameter is a poetic meter that consists of six metrical feet, each of which is either a dactyl (a long syllable followed by two short syllables) or a spondee (two long syllables). Hexameter was the predominant meter used in epic poetry in Ancient Greece and Rome. Horace, a Roman poet, used hexameter in his odes and epodes, as well as in his philosophical and satirical poetry.
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