spondee

Noun

Meaning

A poetic foot of two long syllables, as in the Latin word leges.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

numbers dactyl measure foot emphasis rhythm meter accent colon counterpoint caesura diaeresis accentuation ictus anapest
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Hypernyms

foot

Examples

Trochee trips from long to short; From long to long in solemn sort Slow Spondee stalks. Samuel Taylor Coleridge

The rudiment of verse may, possibly, be found in the spondee. Edgar Allan Poe

In strict dactylic hexameter, each of these feet would be a dactyl (a long and two short syllables), but classical meter allows for the substitution of a spondee (two long syllables) in place of a dactyl in most positions. Source: Internet

Because of the anceps (a short or long syllable), the sixth foot can be filled by either a trochee (a long then short syllable) or a spondee. Source: Internet

The final foot is a spondee. Source: Internet

Close letter words and terms

spondaize spondarthritis Sponde spondeus spondias mombin spondias purpurea