Galliambic verse
Versus Galliambicus (Latin), or the Galliambic Verse (English), is a verse built from the Ionic à minore dimeter catalectic verse, as it is a verse added upon an Ionic à minori dimeter base. The Galliambic verse consists of two iambic dimeters catalectic of which the last one lacks the final syllable. It is structured with four Ionic à minore feet that is varied by resolutio) or contraction. This metre is also meant for the goddess Cybele. In Latin, "galliambus" is a song of the priests of Cybele, the ancient nature goddess of Anatolia. The Galliambic metre is constructed  as shown below: Examples. The Galliambic Verse is found in Catullus 63: - Catullus 63, lines 1-2 Variations. As the Galliambic meter admits substitutions of two short syllables for a long one, there are variations on how this verse is structured on different sentences. this is one type of variation of the Galliambic verse. -Catullus 63, Line 4 this is another type variation of the Galliambic verse. - Catullus 63, Line 63 this is another type of variation of the Galliambic verse. - Catullus 63, Line 70 Modern use. Alfred, Lord Tennyson used the Galliambic metre for his poem, "Boadicea". Although Catullus  63 is not typically translated directly into Galliambics, as they present more of a challenge in English, Peter Green did so for his 2005 edition of the complete poems of Catullus.