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Acatalexis logo #10101) Poetic rhythm
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Acatalexis

Acatalexis logo #21000 An acatalectic line of verse is one having the metrically complete number of syllables in the final foot. When talking about poetry written in English the term is arguably of limited significance or utility, at least by comparison to its antonym, catalectic, for the simple reason that acatalexis is considered to be the `usual case` in the large .....
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acatalexis

acatalexis logo #21003(from the article `catalexis and acatalexis`) in prosody, an omission or incompleteness in the last foot of a line or other unit in metrical verse and, conversely, the metrical completeness of ...
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Acatalexis

Acatalexis logo #22385The use of acatalectic lines in poetry--see discussion under catalectic.
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