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paeon
noun
(pae-on)
a metrical foot of four syllables with one long and three short syllables (as in classical prosody) or with one stressed and three unstressed syllables (as in English prosody)
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metrical foot
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asclepiad
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choriambus
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proceleusmatic
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choriamb
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epitrite
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dispondee
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priapean
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ditrochee
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dipody
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alcaic verse
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pedalian
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glyconian
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amphibrach
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adonic
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trisyllable
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bacchius
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octosyllable
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amphimacer
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choreus
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choliambic
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cretic
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monostrophe
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semiped
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choliamb
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hypercatalexis
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feminine rhyme
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tetrastich
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acatalectic
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catalexis
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pentasyllabic
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hendecasyllable
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versicular
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line of poetry
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monopody
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diiambus
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monometer
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antibacchius
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disyllable
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rhopalic
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rhyme royal
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catalectic
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asynartete
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hexameter
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decasyllable
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tetrasyllable
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septisyllable
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synizesis
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spenserian sonnet
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antispast
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italian sonnet
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quinquesyllable
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dactylist
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quatorzain
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tripedal
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syllable
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octameter
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antepenultima
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tetrasyllabic
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sextain
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senarius
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spondee
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dodecasyllabic
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heptameter
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petrarchan sonnet
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tiercet
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quinqueliteral
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syllabogram
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cynghanedd
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quadrisyllable
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trochee
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pentacrostic
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strophe
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hexastich
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tetrameter
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biflorous
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melopoeia
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monorhyme
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antepenult
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internal rhyme
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couplet
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tripetaloid
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rhyme scheme
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poetic rhythm
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oxytone
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poem
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hypermeter
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tridactyl
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scazon
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paracrostic
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language unit
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masculine rhyme
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heroic verse
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pedetentous
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epanadiplosis
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aphthong
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trioecious
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triflorous
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figure of speech
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paean
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paeon
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