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metrical foot

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  • noun The basic unit of the underlying rhythm of verse

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

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hypernyms (5)

Words that are more generic or abstract

  1. beat
  2. cadence
  3. measure
  4. meter
  5. metre

hyponyms (10)

Words more specific or concrete

  1. amphibrach
  2. anapaest
  3. anapest
  4. dactyl
  5. dibrach
  6. iamb
  7. iambus
  8. pyrrhic
  9. spondee
  10. trochee

relateds (1)

relateds

  1. metric foot

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