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the relative prominence of a syllable or musical note (especially with regard to stress or pitch); "he put the stress on the wrong syl…

Having each verse begin with the same letter as that with which the preceding verse ends.

A kind of verse, so called from Alcaeus. One variety consists of five feet, a spondee or iambic, an iambic, a long syllable, and two d…

use of the same consonant at the beginning of each stressed syllable in a line of verse; "initial rhyme such as ‘around the rock the r…

A prefix of one or two unaccented syllables to a verse properly beginning with an accented syllable.

use of the same consonant at the beginning of each stressed syllable in a line of verse; "initial rhyme such as ‘around the rock the r…

A metrical break in a verse, occurring in the middle of a foot and commonly near the middle of the verse; a sense pause in the middle…

A character, or accent, denoting in Greek a rise and of the voice on the same long syllable, marked thus [~ or /]; and in Latin and so…

a syllable that ends with a consonant.; "The vowel in a closed syllable is short."

To inflect according to the degrees of comparison; to state positive, comparative, and superlative forms of; as, most adjectives of on…

Wanting in something; incomplete; lacking a part; deficient; imperfect; faulty; -- applied either to natural or moral qualities; as, a…

Wanting, to make up completeness; wanting, as regards a requirement; not sufficient; inadequate; defective; imperfect; incomplete; lac…

the relative prominence of a syllable or musical note (especially with regard to stress or pitch); "he put the stress on the wrong syl…

A foot in which the arch of the instep is flattened so that the entire sole of the foot rests upon the ground; also, the deformity, us…

The lowest part or base; the ground part; the bottom, as of a mountain or column; also, the last of a row or series; the end or extrem…

Consisting of two iambic dimeters catalectic, the last of which lacks the final syllable; -- said of a kind of verse.

use of the same consonant at the beginning of each stressed syllable in a line of verse; "initial rhyme such as ‘around the rock the r…

a syllable with a branching nucleus or a branching rime.; "A heavy syllable consists of a long vowel or a diphthong, or a short vowel…