Unstressed syllable in verse
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ANACRUSISUnstressed syllable, in verse.
brevescurved mark over a short vowel, as in a dictionary, or over an unstressed syllable in verse
brevecurved mark over a short vowel, as in a dictionary, or over an unstressed syllable in verse
anacrusesunstressed syllable or syllable group that begins a line of verse but is not counted as part of the first foot
slackly(in sprung rhythm) the unstressed syllable or syllables
aphesisthe disappearance or loss of an unstressed initial vowel or syllable, as in the formation of the word slant from aslant
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)
bacchiifoot of three syllables that in quantitative meter consists of one short syllable followed by two long ones, and that in accentual meter consists of one unstressed syllable followed by two stressed ones
rhythmsThe measured flow of words and phrases in verse or prose as determined by the relation of long and short or stressed and unstressed syllables
IAMBSTwo-syllable feet, in verse.
catalecticsCATALECTIC, 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
catalexisThe absence of a syllable in the last foot of a line or verse
morathe minimal unit of measure in quantitative verse equivalent to the time of an average short syllable
moraethe minimal unit of measure in quantitative verse equivalent to the time of an average short syllable
catalecticlacking one syllable in the last foot / a line of verse lacking one syllable in the last foot
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
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