foot+of+one+long+and+one+short+syllable
11Phonological change — Sound change and alternation Metathesis Quantitative metathesis …
12The Raven — is a narrative poem by the American writer Edgar Allan Poe, first published in January 1845. It is noted for its musicality, stylized language, and supernatural atmosphere. It tells of a talking raven s mysterious visit to a distraught lover,… …
13Metrical phonology — is a theory of stress or linguistic prominence.[1] [2] The innovative feature of this theory is that the prominence of a unit is defined relative to other units in the same phrase. For example, in the most common pronunciation of the phrase… …
14iamb — /uy am, uy amb/, n. Pros. a foot of two syllables, a short followed by a long in quantitative meter, or an unstressed followed by a stressed in accentual meter, as in Come live / with me / and be / my love. [1835 45; short for IAMBUS] * * * ▪… …
15Epitrite — Ep i*trite, n. [Gr. ? containing an integer and one third (i. e., [frac43], or in the ratio of 4 to 3); epi upon, over + ? the third: cf. L. epitritos, F. [ e]pitrite.] (Gr. & Lat. Pros.) A foot consisting of three long syllables and one short… …
16bacchius — /beuh kuy euhs, ba /, n., pl. bacchii / kuy uy/. Pros. a foot of three syllables that in quantitative meter consists of one short syllable followed by two long ones, and that in accentual meter consists of one unstressed syllable followed by two… …
17amphimacer — [am fim′ə sər] n. [< L amphimacrus < Gr amphimakros, lit., long at both ends < amphi , AMPHI + makros, long: see MACRO ] a metrical foot consisting, in Greek and Latin verse, of one short syllable between two long ones, or, in English… …
18iamb — [ī′amb΄, īam΄] n. [Fr iambe < L iambus < Gr iambos] a metrical foot consisting, in Greek and Latin verse, of one short syllable followed by one long one, or, as in English verse, of one unaccented syllable followed by one accented one (Ex …
19pae|on — «PEE uhn», noun. (in Greek and Latin verse) a foot of four syllables, one long and three short. The long syllable may come anywhere in the foot. ╂[< Latin paeon < Greek pei , pai paean] …
20amphibrach — n. metrical foot of one short, one long and one short syllable …
