SPONDEE

Spondee

In poetry, a spondee is a metrical foot consisting of two long syllables, as determined by syllable weight in classical meters, or two stressed syllables, as determined by stress in modern meters. The word comes from the Greek σπονδή, spondē, "libation".

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spondee

Noun

  1. A word or metrical foot of two syllables, either both long or both stressed.


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