Metrical foot in poetry
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IAMBMetrical foot in poetry
ICTUSMetrical stress, in poetry
fabliaumetrical tale in early French poetry
fabliauxFABLIAU, metrical tale in early French poetry
poetriesPOETRY, a literary work in metrical form
poeticpertaining to poetry (a literary work in metrical form)
bardicpoetic (pertaining to poetry (a literary work in metrical form))
fabliauxA metrical tale, typically a bawdily humorous one, of a type found chiefly in early French poetry
tetrabrachin classical prosody, a word or metrical foot composed of four short syllables
catalectic(of a metrical line of verse) Lacking one syllable in the last foot
outriddenunaccented syllable or syllables added to a metrical foot, esp. in sprung rhythm
outrideunaccented syllable or syllables added to a metrical foot, esp. in sprung rhythm
outridesunaccented syllable or syllables added to a metrical foot, esp. in sprung rhythm
outrodeunaccented syllable or syllables added to a metrical foot, esp. in sprung rhythm
tetrabrachsTETRABRACH, in classical prosody, a word or metrical foot composed of four short syllables
metersmeasure or unit of metrical verse usually used in combination pentameter compare foot 4
paeonica metrical foot of four syllables, with one long one and three short ones in any order
amphibrachA metrical foot consisting of a stressed syllable between two unstressed syllables or (in Greek and Latin) a long syllable between two short syllables
amphibrachsA metrical foot consisting of a stressed syllable between two unstressed syllables or (in Greek and Latin) a long syllable between two short syllables
iambia metrical foot consisting of one short syllable followed by one long syllable or of one unstressed syllable followed by one stressed syllable (as in above)
iambsa metrical foot consisting of one short syllable followed by one long syllable or of one unstressed syllable followed by one stressed syllable (as in above)
iambusesa metrical foot consisting of one short syllable followed by one long syllable or of one unstressed syllable followed by one stressed syllable (as in above)
METERFoot-pattern, in poetry.
SPONDEETwo-syllable foot, in poetry
ANAPESTThree-syllable foot, in poetry
spondees(in poetry) foot of two syllables, both of which are long in quantitative meter or stressed in accentual meter
spondee(in poetry) foot of two syllables, both of which are long in quantitative meter or stressed in accentual meter
dactylin poetry, foot of three syllables, one long followed by two short in quantitative meter, or one stressed followed by two unstressed in accentual meter, as in gently and humanly
dactylsin poetry, foot of three syllables, one long followed by two short in quantitative meter, or one stressed followed by two unstressed in accentual meter, as in gently and humanly