1) Foot 2) Metrical foot 3) Metrical unit
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An amphibrach k is a metrical foot used in Latin and Greek prosody. It consists of a long syllable between two short syllables. The word comes from the Greek ἀμφίβραχυς, amphíbrakhys, `short on both sides`. In English accentual-syllabic poetry, an amphibrach is a stressed syllable surrounded by two unstressed syllables. It is rarely .....
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Greek and Latin metrical foot consisting of short, long, and short syllables / ~ ' ~ / (cf. the English word 'romantic'). An example is Matthew Prior's 'Jinny the Just.' See under foot below.
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• (n.) A foot of three syllables, the middle one long, the first and last short (~ -- ~); as, h/b/r/. In modern prosody the accented syllable takes the place of the long and the unaccented of the short; as, pro-phet#ic.
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In classical poetry, a three-syllable poetic foot consisting of a light stress, heavy stress, and a
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Greek and latin metrical foot consisting of short, long, and short syllables / ~ ' ~ / (cf. The engl
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Am'phi·brach (ăm'fĭ*brăk)
noun [ Latin ..., Greek ... short at both ends;
'amfi` +
brachy`s short.]
(Anc. Pros.) A foot of three syllables, the middle one long, the first and last short (⌣ -- ⌣); as,
hăbērĕ . In moder...
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n] - a metrical unit with unstressed-stressed-unstressed syllables (e.g., `remember`)
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amphibrach 1. A metrical unit with unstressed-stressed-unstressed syllables; for example, remember. 2. A trisyllabic foot, the arrangement of the syllables of which is short, long, short in quantitative meter, or unstressed, stressed, unstressed in accentual meter; therefore, together is an accentual amphibrach.
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noun a metrical unit with unstressed-stressed-unstressed syllables (e.g., `remember`)
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a trisyllabic foot, the arrangement of the syllables of which is short, long, short in quantitative meter, or unstressed, stressed, unstressed in accentual meter. Thus, together is an accentual amphibrach.
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