The speaker of a poem in this form claims, “the shore gleams in its natural stones / and birds sing sweetest without any art” in order to extol nakedness. A yellowed reproduction of a poem (15[1])in this form begins the accordion poem Nox. A torrid love affair is described in a set of six poems in this form thought to be written by a “daughter of Servius,” known as the “garland of Sulpicia.” A line in this form notes, “my work rises in six beats, sinks in (*) five,” referring to this form’s pairing of dactylic hexameter and pentameter. A woman named Cynthia is the addressee of the first of four books of poetry in this form by Sextus Propertius. A Catullus poem using this form’s namesake couplets and addressed to the poet’s brother ends, “hail and farewell.” For 10 points, name this poetic form now used to mourn the dead. ■END■