| met | contains a user-specified encoding for the conventional
metrical structure of the element. |
| Datatype: CDATA |
| Values: May contain either a standard term for the kind of metrical
unit (e.g. ``hexameter'') or an encoded representation for the
metrical pattern (e.g. ``+--+-+-+-+-''). In either case, the
notation used should be documented by a <metNotation> element
within the <encodingDesc> of the associated header. |
| Default: %INHERITED |
| Note | Where this attribute is not specified, the metrical
pattern for the element concerned is understood to be inherited
from its parent.
|
| real | contains a user-specified encoding for the actual realization
of the conventional metrical structure applicable to the element. |
| Datatype: CDATA |
| Values: May contain either a standard term for the kind of metrical
unit (e.g. ``hexameter'') or an encoded representation for the
metrical pattern (e.g. ``+--+-+-+-+-''). In either case, the
notation used should be documented by a <metNotation> element
within the <encodingDesc> of the associated header. |
| Default: #IMPLIED |
| Note | Where this attribute is not specified, the metrical
realization for the element concerned is understood to be identical
to that specified or implied for the met attribute.
|
| rhyme | specifies the rhyme scheme applicable to a group of verse lines. |
| Datatype: CDATA |
| Values: By default, the
rhyme scheme is expressed as a string of alphabetic
characters each corresponding with a rhyming line. Any non-rhyming
lines should be represented by a hyphen or an X. Alternative notations
may be defined as for met by use of the <metNotation>
element in the TEI header. |
| Default: #IMPLIED |
| Example:
<lg rhyme='ABABABCC'> ... </lg>
|
| Note | When the default notation is used, it does not make sense to
specify this attribute on any unit smaller than a line. Nor does the
default notation provide any way to record internal rhyme, or to specify
non-conventional rhyming practice. These extensions would require
user-defined alternative notations.
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