Definitions Found:
The absence of a syllable in the last foot of a line or verse
- catalexisThe absence of a syllable in the last foot of a line or verse
- catalecticlacking one syllable in the last foot / a line of verse lacking one syllable in the last foot
- catalectic(of a metrical line of verse) Lacking one syllable in the last foot
- catalecticsCATALECTIC, a line of verse lacking one syllable in the last foot
- anacrusesunstressed syllable or syllable group that begins a line of verse but is not counted as part of the first foot
- catalecticsA line lacking a syllable in the last foot
- catalexisthe condition of being catalectic, lacking one syllable in the last foot
- catalexesCATALEXIS, the condition of being catalectic, lacking one syllable in the last foot
- elegiacsnoting a distich or couplet the first line of which is a dactylic hexameter and the second a pentameter, or a verse differing from the hexameter by suppression of the arsis or metrically unaccented part of the third and the sixth foot
- elegiacnoting a distich or couplet the first line of which is a dactylic hexameter and the second a pentameter, or a verse differing from the hexameter by suppression of the arsis or metrically unaccented part of the third and the sixth foot
- pentametersA line of verse consisting of five metrical feet, or (in Greek and Latin verse) of two halves each of two feet and a long syllable
- pentameterA line of verse consisting of five metrical feet, or (in Greek and Latin verse) of two halves each of two feet and a long syllable
- enjambements(in verse) The continuation of a sentence without a pause beyond the end of a line, couplet, or stanza
- enjambments(in verse) The continuation of a sentence without a pause beyond the end of a line, couplet, or stanza
- enjambment(in verse) The continuation of a sentence without a pause beyond the end of a line, couplet, or stanza