The line consists of all spondees except for the usual dactyl in the fifth foot, and is meant to mimic the pounding sound of the work.
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You might want to check out some old James Thurber cartoons that illustrate " trochee " and " spondee " as mythical animals.
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The format of this test is being given a line and identifying the type of meter ( iamb, trochee, anapest, dactyl, spondee ).
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The work favoured hard-hitting trochees and spondees reminiscent of middle English a style he used throughout his career over the more genteel latinate sounds.
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The spondee threshold test is a related test that detects the loudness at which the participant is able to repeat half of a list of two syllable words or spondees.
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The spondee threshold test is a related test that detects the loudness at which the participant is able to repeat half of a list of two syllable words or spondees.
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Initially, Persian and Hindu quatrains were free of metre, but with the distinguishing feature that each line began and ended with a spondee two consecutively stressed syllables.
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One example of the evolution of the Latin verse form can be seen in a comparative analysis of the use of spondees in Ennius'time vs . the Augustan age.
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Less common, but frequently important for the variety and energy they bring to a line, are the monosyllabic foot ( weak ) and the spondee ( STRONG STRONG ).
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Because of the anceps ( a short or long syllable ), the sixth foot can be filled by either a trochee ( a long then short syllable ) or a spondee.
