1) Certain metrical foot 2) Counterpart of an iamb 3) Foot 4) French word used in English 5) Metrical foot 6) Metrical unit 7) Two-syllable foot in poems
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A trochee iː or choree, choreus, is a metrical foot used in formal poetry consisting of a stressed syllable followed by an unstressed one. Trochee comes from the Greek τροχός, trokhós, wheel, and choree from χορός, khorós, dance; both convey the `rolling` rhythm of this metrical foot. == Examples == Henry Wadsworth Longfellow`s Th......
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a metrical foot consisting of an accented syllable followed by an unaccented syllable. Examples of trochaic words include 'garden' and 'highway.' William Blake opens 'The Tyger' with a predominantly trochaic line: 'Tyger! Tyger! burning bright.' Edgar Allan Poe's 'The Raven' is mainly trochaic. There is also a Classical Greek and Latin double foot ...
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• (n.) A foot of two syllables, the first long and the second short, as in the Latin word ante, or the first accented and the second unaccented, as in the English word motion; a choreus.
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metrical foot consisting of one long syllable (as in classical verse) or stressed syllable (as in English verse) followed by one short or unstressed ... [2 related articles]
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A two-syllable unit or foot of poetry consisting of a heavy stress followed by a light stress. Many
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A metrical foot consisting of an accented syllable followed by an unaccented syllable. Examples of t
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In poetry: one stressed syllable is followed by an unstressed syllable.
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A foot consisting of two syllables where the first one is long or stressed and the second is short or unstressed e.g. as in 'FALLing'.
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long-short
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n] - a metrical unit with stressed-stressed-unstressed syllables
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noun a metrical unit with stressed-unstressed syllables
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a metrical unit with stressed-unstressed syllables
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