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adonic
noun
(a-don-ic)
a verse line with a dactyl followed by a spondee or trochee; supposedly used in laments by Adonis
Synonyms:
adonic line,
adonic
adjective
(a-don-ic)
having a rhythm consisting of a dactyl followed by a spondee or a trochee
adonic
(a-don-ic)
or relating to or like Adonis
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adonic
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adonic line
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metrical foot
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dipody
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glyconian
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choriamb
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choriambus
,
dispondee
,
choriambic
,
priapean
,
asclepiad
,
amphimacer
,
cretic
,
choliambic
,
asynartete
,
choliamb
,
alcaic verse
,
acatalectic
,
ditrochee
,
hypercatalectic
,
proceleusmatic
,
epitrite
,
line of poetry
,
dactylist
,
amphibrach
,
octameter
,
spondaic
,
bacchius
,
choreus
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monometer
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antibacchius
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catalectic
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rhyme royal
,
rhyme scheme
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dactylic
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feminine rhyme
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hexametric
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cynghanedd
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diiambus
,
trochee
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internal rhyme
,
italian sonnet
,
hendecasyllable
,
heroic verse
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spenserian sonnet
,
petrarchan sonnet
,
prosimetrical
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antispast
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catalexis
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tetrastich
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hexastich
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poetic rhythm
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octosyllable
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pedalian
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eye rhyme
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hudibrastic
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sotadic
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scazon
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adonis
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tiercet
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paregmenon
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tetracolon
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paracrostic
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masculine rhyme
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senarius
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monostrophe
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perfect rhyme
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berhyme
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semiped
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parisyllabic
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tetrasyllable
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stichic
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rhythming
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orthometry
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prosal
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heptastich
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pitch accent
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assonate
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melopoeia
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quatorzain
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rhythmer
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oxytone
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iambic
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poem
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adonic
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