Metrical foot Common

Metrical foot has 2 different meanings across 1 category:

Noun

Definitions

Noun

(prosody) a group of 2 or 3 syllables forming the basic unit of poetic rhythm

metrical foot foot metrical unit

The basic unit of the underlying rhythm of verse

See Also

diiambus thesis spondee metric foot tripody unfooted monometer sapphic

Related Terms

diiambus thesis spondee metric foot tripody unfooted monometer sapphic dochmius proceleusmatic monopody asclepiad rhythm amphibrach molossus octonarius iamb antibacchius dipody dactyl

Broader Terms (hypernyms)

meter

Narrower Terms (hyponyms)

dactyl iamb anapest amphibrach trochee spondee pyrrhic

Rhyming Words

oot zoot goot poot soot toot doot noot coot root koot hoot loot foot woot moot boot sloot snoot froot

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