spondee Tags

A two-syllable foot where both syllables are unstressed.

Scansion Overview

What is scansion? A system of scansion is a way to mark the metrical patterns of a line of poetry. In classical poetry, these patterns are based on the different lengths of each vowel sound, and in English poetry, they are...

Also tagged: amphibrach, anapest, antibaccius, bacchius, cretic, dactyl, iamb, molossus, pyrrhic, scansion, tribrach, trochee, iambic pentameter
 
 
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