Stressed feet in poetry
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IAMBIStressed feet, 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
assonancesIn poetry, the repetition of the sound of a vowel or diphthong in nonrhyming stressed syllables near enough to each other for the echo to be discernible (e.g., penitence, reticence)
assonanceIn poetry, the repetition of the sound of a vowel or diphthong in nonrhyming stressed syllables near enough to each other for the echo to be discernible (e.g., penitence, reticence)