Entertainment / Literature / Spondaic: The adjective spondaic describes a line of poetry in which the feet are composed of successive spondees. See spondee, below.
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Entertainment / Literature / Foot: A basic unit of meter consisting of a set number of strong stresses and light stresses. See meter. MORE
Entertainment / Literature / Spondee: In scansion, a spondee is a metrical foot consisting of two successive strong beats. The spondee typically is 'slower' and 'heavier' to read than an iamb or a dactyl. Some words and phrases in English MORE
Entertainment / Literature / Pentameter: When poetry consists of five feet in each line, it is written in pentameter. Each foot has a set number of syllables. Iambs, spondees, and trochees are feet consisting of two syllables. Thus, iambic p MORE