- trochaic Prosody
- trochaic Prosody [trə(ʊ)'keɪɪk]adjective consisting of or featuring trochees.noun (trochaics) trochaic verse.
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prosody — prosodic /preuh sod ik/, prosodical, adj. /pros euh dee/, n. 1. the science or study of poetic meters and versification. 2. a particular or distinctive system of metrics and versification: Milton s prosody. 3. Ling. the stress and intonation… … Universalium
PROSODY, HEBREW — This article is a survey of the history of Hebrew poetic forms from the Bible to the present time. The entry is arranged according to the following outline: introduction the variety of formal systems the specific nature of hebrew literary history … Encyclopedia of Judaism
trochaic — adj. & n. Prosody adj. of or using trochees. n. (usu. in pl.) trochaic verse. Etymology: L trochaicus f. Gk trokhaikos (as TROCHEE) … Useful english dictionary
trochaic — /troʊˈkeɪɪk/ (say troh kayik) Prosody –adjective 1. relating to the trochee. 2. consisting of or employing a trochee or trochees. –noun 3. a trochee. 4. (usually plural) a verse or poem consisting of trochees. {Latin trochaicus, from Greek… …
trochaic dactyl — noun 1. : a foot in classical prosody having the time value of a trochee but containing two short syllables instead of the usual one 2. : a cyclic dactyl … Useful english dictionary
Inversion (prosody) — In prosody the Inversion of a foot, or anaclasis, is the reversal of the order of its elements. For example, in English Accentual syllabic verse the most common inversion by far is the reversal of the first iamb in a line of verse, thus resulting … Wikipedia
Meter (poetry) — In poetry, meter (metre in British English) is the basic rhythmic structure of a verse or lines in verse. Many traditional verse forms prescribe a specific verse meter, or a certain set of meters alternating in a particular order. The study of… … Wikipedia
Vedic meter — For the quatrain poetic form of North India and Pakistan, see Chhand (poetry). See Sanskrit meter for meter in Classical Sanskrit poetry. Chandas redirects here. See Chandas (font) for the computer typeface. Part of a series on … Wikipedia
Poetry — This article is about the art form. For other uses, see Poetry (disambiguation). Literature Major forms Novel · Poem · Drama Short story · Novella … Wikipedia
dipody — dipodic /duy pod ik/, adj. /dip euh dee/, n., pl. dipodies. Pros. a group of two feet, esp., in accentual verse, in which one of the two accented syllables bears primary stress and the other bears secondary stress. [1835 45; < LL dipodia < Gk:… … Universalium
