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Meaning of hypercatalectic
hypercatalectic (n)
(prosody) a line of poetry having an extra syllable or syllables at the end of the last metrical foot
hypercatalectic (a)
(verse) having an extra syllable or syllables at the end of a metrically complete verse or in a metrical foot
hypercatalectic (a.)
Having a syllable or two beyond measure; as, a hypercatalectic verse.
hypercatalectic Sentence Examples
- The hypercatalectic foot has an extra syllable at the end of the poetic line.
- Hypercatalectic poetry has lines with an extra foot or two at the end.
- The tetrameter hypercatalectic foot has eight syllables instead of the usual seven.
- Shakespeare frequently employed hypercatalectic feet in his plays.
- Hypercatalectic lines can create a sense of weight and emphasis at the end of a verse.
- The trochaic octameter hypercatalectic foot has four pairs of trochees and an extra syllable at the end.
- Hypercatalectic hexameter is a poetic form with six dactyls and an extra syllable at the end.
- The pentameter hypercatalectic foot has five pairs of iambs and an extra syllable at the end.
- Hypercatalectic feet can introduce rhythmic variation and complexity to a poem.
- The use of hypercatalectic feet can create a specific tone or mood in a literary work.
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(prosody) a line of poetry having an extra syllable or syllables at the end of the last metrical foot, (verse) having an extra syllable or syllables at the end
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The hypercatalectic foot has an extra syllable at the end of the poetic line.
Hypercatalectic poetry has lines with an extra foot or two at the end.
The tetrameter hypercatalectic foot has eight syllables instead of the usual seven.
Shakespeare frequently employed hypercatalectic feet in his plays.
