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dipody (n.)
Two metrical feet taken together, or included in one measure.
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Two metrical feet taken together, or included in one measure.
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In prosody, a dipody is a metrical foot consisting of two metrical units.
A dipody can be composed of two shorts, two longs, or one long and one a short.
In ancient Greek and Latin poetry, a dipody was the basic unit of meter.
The most common dipody in English poetry is the trochee, which consists of a long syllable followed by a short syllable.
