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Alcaic
noun · 78% connection
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…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: double, spondee, foot, consisting, four.
Amphibrach
noun · 78% connection
A foot of three syllables, the middle one long, the first and last short (~ -- ~); as, h/b/r/. In modern prosody the accented syllable…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: double, spondee, foot, consisting, four.
Amphimacer
noun · 78% connection
A foot of three syllables, the middle one short and the others long, as in cast/tas.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: double, spondee, foot, consisting, four.
Anapest
noun · 78% connection
A metrical foot consisting of three syllables, the first two short, or unaccented, the last long, or accented (/ / -); the reverse of…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: double, spondee, foot, consisting, four.
Antibacchius
noun · 78% connection
A foot of three syllables, the first two long, and the last short (#).
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: double, spondee, foot, consisting, four.
Antispast
noun · 78% connection
A foot of four syllables, the first and fourth short, and the second and third long (#).
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: double, spondee, foot, consisting, four.
Asclepiad
noun · 78% connection
A choriambic verse, first used by the Greek poet Asclepias, consisting of four feet, viz., a spondee, two choriambi, and an iambus.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: double, spondee, foot, consisting, four.
Caesura
noun · 78% connection
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…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: double, spondee, foot, consisting, four.
Choriambus
noun · 78% connection
A foot consisting of four syllables, of which the first and last are long, and the other short (- ~ ~ -); that is, a choreus, or troch…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: double, spondee, foot, consisting, four.
Dissyllabic
adjective · 78% connection
Consisting of two syllables only; as, a dissyllabic foot in poetry.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: double, spondee, foot, consisting, four.
Epitrite
noun · 78% connection
A foot consisting of three long syllables and one short syllable.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: double, spondee, foot, consisting, four.
Foot
noun · 78% connection
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…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: double, spondee, foot, consisting, four.
Four-in-hand
adjective · 78% connection
Consisting of four horses controlled by one person; as, a four-in-hand team; drawn by four horses driven by one person; as, a four-in-…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: double, spondee, foot, consisting, four.
Glyconic
adjective · 78% connection
Consisting of a spondee, a choriamb, and a pyrrhic; -- applied to a kind of verse in Greek and Latin poetry.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: double, spondee, foot, consisting, four.
Hexameter
noun · 78% connection
A verse of six feet, the first four of which may be either dactyls or spondees, the fifth must regularly be a dactyl, and the sixth al…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: double, spondee, foot, consisting, four.
Imparisyllabic
adjective · 78% connection
Not consisting of an equal number of syllables; as, an imparisyllabic noun, one which has not the same number of syllables in all the…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: double, spondee, foot, consisting, four.
Ionic
noun · 78% connection
A foot consisting of four syllables: either two long and two short, -- that is, a spondee and a pyrrhic, in which case it is called th…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: double, spondee, foot, consisting, four.
Long
adjective · 78% connection
primarily temporal sense; being or indicating a relatively great or greater than average duration or passage of time or a duration as…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: double, spondee, foot, consisting, four.
