dactylic
/dæk'tilik/
Definition
- Adjective:
- Relating to or consisting of dactyls: Pertaining to a metrical foot in poetry that consists of one stressed syllable followed by two unstressed syllables.
- Characterized by dactylic meter: Describing verse or rhythm that is based on or uses the dactyl as its primary metrical unit.
Examples of Usage
- Adjective:
- The poem's dactylic rhythm gives it a galloping, energetic feel.
- Homer's epic poems are famously written in dactylic hexameter.
Advanced Usage
"dactylic hexameter": A line of verse consisting of six metrical feet, each of which is typically a dactyl. This meter is characteristic of ancient Greek and Latin epic poetry.
- Virgil's "Aeneid" is composed in dactylic hexameter.
"dactylic substitution": In poetic meter, the replacement of a dactyl with another type of metrical foot, such as a spondee, for rhythmic variation.
- The poet used dactylic substitution to avoid monotony in the long epic lines.
Variants and Related Words
- Dactyl (n): The metrical foot itself, consisting of one long or stressed syllable followed by two short or unstressed syllables (e.g., the word "poetry").
- Dactylicism (n): The use of dactyls in verse; a dactylic style or quality.
Synonyms
- Metrical: Pertaining to poetic meter or rhythm (a broader term).
- Rhythmic: Having a strong, regular, repeated pattern of sound or movement.
Related Phrases and Terms
Dactylic meter: A pattern of rhythm in poetry defined by the prevalence of dactyls.
- The poet experimented with dactylic meter to capture the sound of hoofbeats.
Double dactyl: A light verse form with strict rules, consisting of two quatrains where the first three lines of each are dactylic.
- She wrote a witty double dactyl about her cat.
Adjective
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of or consisting of dactyls
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dactylic meter
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