Symbaian Metrification
Metric foot: It is made up of a group of four syllabic moras.
Metric half foot: is made up of a group of two syllabic moras.
Asiraskáles (finger phalanx): It corresponds to each unit of the tripartite division of the verses, which is based on the phalanges of the finger, according to the Sumerian counting system. There are two types of Asiraskáles:
-the elskáles[1]. It is made up of three feet (12 moras). It corresponds to the proximal phalanx and the middle phalanx.
-the yliskáles. It is made up of a foot and a half foot. (6 moras) Corresponds to the distal phalanx.
Askáles (first hemistich): its name is due to the fact that each verse was considered to constitute a voice cast. It is constituted by an elskáles.
Voreskáles (second hemistich): its name is due to the fact that, upon expiration, poetically, its response would be an inspiration. It is made up of an elskáles and a yliskáles.
Kydarskáles (epic verse): it is made up of an askáles and a voreskáles.
Agarskáles (epic stanza): it is made up of four kydarskáles. Examples of this type of stanza are the Thargathian Paladasty and the Dutorian Dintharpay.
Daiveidoníηn kýdars (dramatic verse): it is an askáles.
Daiveidoníηn ágars (dramatic stanza): it is made up of four daiveidoníηn kýdars. An example of this type of stanza is the Dutorian Dinax in the Laercadus' Court.
EPIC VERSE (kydarskáles)
Askáles (first hemistich)
elskáles (three metric feet)
Voreskáles (second hemistich)
elskáles (three metric feet)
yliskáles (one metric foot and one half foot)
DRAMATIC STANZA (daiveidoníηn ágars)
4 Daiveidoníηn kýdars (dramatic verse of three metric feet)
[1] The next terms are formed from the stem –skáles, by analogy with asiraskáles.
Kýdarkan Kótakan Vderastâys ("Short Finger Prayer"; Kýdarken Kótaken Vderastâys in Eastern Xamesian; Kýdrηn Kotâyn Vderastíαs in Fartan). Also Kýdarkan Kotakanâys (Kýdarken Kotakenâys in Eastern Xamesian; Kýdrηn Kotaýnαs in Farto). It is a type of prayer that the Xamesians recited to request the protection of the gods. Its stanza is made up of four verses, each made up of one askáles and two and two yliskáles. These verses follow the following stress pattern:
-The four askáles are stressed in the fourth and tenth mora.
-The first yliskáles of the first and third verses are stressed in the fourth mora. That of the second verse is stressed in the third mora and that of the fourth verse is stressed in the fifth mora.
-The four last yliskáles are stressed in the fourth mora.