Template:Metrical feet
Disyllables | |
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◡ ◡ | pyrrhic, dibrach |
◡ – | iamb |
– ◡ | trochee, choree |
– – | spondee |
Trisyllables | |
◡ ◡ ◡ | tribrach |
– ◡ ◡ | dactyl |
◡ – ◡ | amphibrach |
◡ ◡ – | anapaest, antidactylus |
◡ – – | bacchius |
– – ◡ | antibacchius |
– ◡ – | cretic, amphimacer |
– – – | molossus |
See main article for tetrasyllables. | |
Disyllables
Macron and breve notation: = stressed/long syllable, = unstressed/short syllable
pyrrhus, dibrach | |
iamb (or iambus or jambus) | |
trochee, choree (or choreus) | |
spondee |
Trisyllables
tribrach | |
dactyl | |
amphibrach | |
anapaest, antidactylus | |
bacchius | |
cretic, amphimacer | |
antibacchius | |
molossus |
Tetrasyllables
tetrabrach, proceleusmatic | ||||
primus paeon | ||||
secundus paeon | ||||
tertius paeon | ||||
quartus paeon | ||||
major ionic, double trochee | ||||
minor ionic, double iamb | ||||
ditrochee | ||||
diiamb | ||||
choriamb | ||||
antispast | ||||
first epitrite | ||||
second epitrite | ||||
third epitrite | ||||
fourth epitrite | ||||
dispondee |
Template documentation
Metrical or poetic feet.