Types of metre
Below, "short/long" definitions of a syllable of classical languages correspond to "stressed/unstressed" of English language.
- Iamb: short-long
- Trochee or Choreus, choree: long-short
- Spondee: long-long
- Pyrrhic or dibrach: short-short
- Dactyl: long-short-short
- Anapaest or antivdactylus: short-short-long
- Amphibrach: short-long-short
- Amphimacer or cretic: long-short-long
- Molossus: long-long-long
- Tribrach: short-short-short
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