spondee
IPA: spˈɑndˈi
noun
- (poetry) A word or metrical foot of two syllables, either both long or both stressed.
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Examples of "spondee" in Sentences
- The sixth foot is either a spondee or a trochee.
- Spondee is the title of a piece composed by IDM duo Matmos.
- The sixth foot is always a spondee, though it may be anceps.
- But the point is, the spondee is not exclusive in this regard.
- This line is nearly all dactyls except for the spondee at lata e.
- However, Keats incorporates spondees in 37 of the 250 metrical feet.
- The following is a possible analysis, and shows the role of the spondee.
- Each foot is either a dactyl heavy light light or a spondee heavy heavy .