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spondee Meaning
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spondee (n)
a metrical unit with stressed-stressed syllables
spondee Sentence Examples
- The mighty spondee, a metrical foot so grand, With two stressed syllables, hand in hand.
- Its rhythm echoes with strength and might, Like thunder rumbling through the night.
- In Shakespeare's sonnets, spondees dance, Enhancing sonnets with their measured trance.
- From "To be or not to be," spondees arise, Emphasizing life's weighty enterprise.
- In "Dover Beach," by Matthew Arnold's pen, Spondaic notes convey the ebbing and then.
- Spondaic lines in "Ulysses" by Joyce, Capture the depths of human voice and noise.
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- Eliot's "Waste Land" employs spondees vast, Reflecting existential anguish amassed.
- In Whitman's "Song of Myself," spondees abound, A rhythm that mirrors thoughts profound.
- Spondaic verses in Keats' "Ode to a Nightingale," Sing of beauty and its ethereal trail.
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a metrical unit with stressed-stressed syllables
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The mighty spondee, a metrical foot so grand, With two stressed syllables, hand in hand.
Its rhythm echoes with strength and might, Like thunder rumbling through the night.
In Shakespeare's sonnets, spondees dance, Enhancing sonnets with their measured trance.
From "To be or not to be," spondees arise, Emphasizing life's weighty enterprise.
