Tuesday, October 27, 2020

Measures of verse

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 Choreuschoree: 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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