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choriambus
noun
A metrical foot consisting of four syllables, of which the first and last are long, and the others short; a choreus, or trochee, united with an iambus
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choriambus
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choriamb
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metrical foot
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asclepiad
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dispondee
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epitrite
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choreus
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dipody
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proceleusmatic
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choliambic
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choliamb
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amphimacer
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ditrochee
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acatalectic
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trochee
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diiambus
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hypercatalexis
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asynartete
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glyconian
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amphibrach
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antispast
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cretic
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line of poetry
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antibacchius
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bacchius
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hendecasyllable
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alcaic verse
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feminine rhyme
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catalectic
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syllable
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octosyllable
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tetrasyllable
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antepenultima
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quinquesyllable
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monometer
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trisyllable
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octameter
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adonic
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spondee
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decasyllable
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priapean
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iambus
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tetrasyllabic
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pentasyllabic
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catalexis
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septisyllable
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internal rhyme
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quadrisyllable
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syllabize
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masculine rhyme
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antepenult
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dodecasyllabic
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rhyme royal
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dactylist
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disyllable
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eye rhyme
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cynghanedd
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scazon
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tetrameter
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dodecasyllable
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pedalian
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hypermeter
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syllabicity
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poetic rhythm
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synizesis
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syllabogram
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oxytone
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paragoge
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rhyme scheme
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spenserian sonnet
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heptameter
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monostrophe
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anapest
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rhopalic
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prosimetrical
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pitch accent
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hexameter
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tiercet
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ecthlipsis
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apocope
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parelcon
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iambic
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synecphonesis
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semiped
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hexastich
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perfect rhyme
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language unit
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petrarchan sonnet
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monorhyme
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apocopation
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prosody
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senarius
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trimeter
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immetrical
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pentameter
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italian sonnet
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perispomenon
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assonate
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syllabism
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triphthong
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synalepha
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choriambus
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