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In Greek and Latin, the syllabic structure deals with long and short syllables, rather than accented and unaccented. Trochaic meter was rarely used by the Latin poets in the classical period, except in certain passages of the tragedies and the comedies. The two main metres used in comedy were the
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poetry, especially of the medieval period. Since the stress never falls on the final syllable in
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followed by a light one (also described as a long syllable followed by a short one). In this respect, a trochee is the reverse of an
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42:Disyllables
984:Meters by
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955:Tetrameter
772:References
303:unstressed
132:amphibrach
1073:Mutaqārib
975:Octameter
965:Hexameter
940:Monometer
840:, p. 116.
745:Monometer
627:dies irae
438:trochaeus
416:Etymology
55:, dibrach
1108:Category
950:Trimeter
739:See also
702:Kalevala
520:Trochaic
515:Examples
332:trochaic
305:one, in
194:molossus
157:bacchius
144:anapaest
108:tribrach
86:– –
80:, choree
73:– ◡
61:◡ –
48:◡ ◡
18:Trochaic
945:Dimeter
822:Trochee
632:Requiem
630:of the
453:trokhós
429:trochée
421:Trochee
410:choreus
336:trochee
293:) is a
262:trochee
250:Macbeth
91:spondee
78:trochee
53:pyrrhic
36:accents
1016:Dactyl
714:Edison
492:khorós
481:choree
476:trékhō
447:τροχός
425:French
408:), or
383:choree
169:cretic
120:dactyl
1093:Wāfir
1088:Tawīl
1083:Rajaz
1078:Madīd
1068:Kāmil
1063:Hazaj
1058:Basīṭ
932:Meter
720:Latin
666:clum
622:Latin
609:could
560:cauld
538:ble,
534:ble,
486:χορός
471:τρέχω
443:Greek
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694:lla.
686:vid
662:vet
646:ae,
615:her.
613:keep
611:n't
607:and
605:wife
591:kin-
589:pump
583:er,
564:bubb
562:ron
558:and
556:burn
546:ble;
544:trou
542:and
540:toil
319:iamb
260:, a
202:See
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34:and
688:cum
682:te
680:Tes
674:lla
664:sae
660:Sol
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642:es
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