trochee
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Definition
- Noun:
- A metrical foot in poetry consisting of one stressed syllable followed by one unstressed syllable: A "trochee" is a basic rhythmic unit, or foot, used in poetic meter. Its pattern is a strong beat (stressed) followed by a weak beat (unstressed).
Usage and Examples
- Noun:
- The word "garden" is a trochee. (The syllables are stressed as GAR-den.)
- The line "Double, double, toil and trouble" from Shakespeare contains trochees.
- Trochees are common in children's rhymes and chants.
Advanced Usage
- Trochaic meter: This refers to a line of poetry written primarily in trochees.
- Longfellow's "The Song of Hiawatha" is famously written in trochaic tetrameter.
- Catalectic trochee: A trochaic line that is missing its final unstressed syllable.
- The final line of a stanza is sometimes a catalectic trochee for dramatic effect.
Variants and Related Words
- Trochaic (adj): Relating to or composed of trochees.
- The poem has a strong trochaic rhythm.
- Iamb (n): The opposite metrical foot, consisting of an unstressed syllable followed by a stressed one (e.g., "beGIN").
Synonyms
- Metrical foot: A general term for a unit of poetic rhythm, which includes trochees, iambs, dactyls, etc.
Related Concepts (Not Phrasal Verbs or Idioms)
- Meter: The overall rhythmic structure of a poem.
- Scansion: The act of analyzing the meter of a poem, which involves identifying feet like the trochee.
Noun
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a metrical unit with stressed-unstressed syllables
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