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noun • The stronger part of a musical measure: the part containing the beat. • The stronger part of a metrical foot: the part containing the long (heavy) syllable in quantitative meter, or the stressed syllable in a qualitative meter. • The elevation of the hand, or that part of the bar at which it is raised, in beating time; the weak or unaccented part of the bar, opposed to the thesis. • The elevation of the voice to a higher pitch in speaking. | ||||||||
| 42% | 10 | A foot comprising of an unstressed syllable, followed by a stressed syllable, followed by an unstressed syllable | ||||||
noun • a metrical unit with unstressed-stressed-unstressed syllables (e.g., `remember') | ||||||||
| 42% | 6 | This metrical foot consists of a short syllable followed by a long syllable followed by a short syllable. | ||||||
noun • A verse of this kind. adjective • Using or relating to a metrical pattern of poetry where each foot is composed of three syllables, the first and third of which are stressed and the second is unstressed. This pattern is very rare in English poetry. | ||||||||
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1 | A foot comprising of an unstressed syllable, followed by a stressed syllable, followed by an unstressed syllable | |
2 | Ictus
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3 | Ictus, e.g.
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4 | Poet's three-syllable foot
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6 | Syllable of disapproval
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7 | Verse foot containing one accented syllable and two unaccented syllables at the beginning, and ending with one unaccented syllable and one accented syllable |
