Tetrasyllables

 

• primus paeon: long-short-short-short
• secundus paeon: short-long-short-short
• tertius paeon: short-short-long-short
• quartus paeon: short-short-short-long

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• first epitrite: short-long-long-long
• second epitrite: long-short-long-long
• third epitrite: long-long-short-long
• fourth epitrite: long-long-long-short

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• minor ionic, or double iamb: short-short-long-long
• major ionic: long-long-short-short

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• diamb: short-long-short-long
• ditrochee: long-short-long-short

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• antispast: short-long-long-short
• choriamb: long-short-short-long

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• tetrabrach or proceleusmatic: short-short-short-short
• dispondee: long-long-long-long