EN 1001 Study Guide - Midterm Guide: Trochee, Choriamb, Elision
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Count the recurring patterns of stressed/unstressed syllables in duple (twos) or triple (threes) or weirder things: duple time iamb (iambic) [ u / ] trochee (trochaic) [ / u ] spondee (spondaic) [ / / ] i. ii. iii, pyrrhus (pyrrhic) aka dibrach [ u u , triple time, anapest (anapestic) [ u u / , dactyl (dactylic) [ / u u , other oddities (arguably, far more than you ever what to know!, amphilbrach [u / u, amphimacer [/ u /, antibacchius [/ / u, antispast [u / / u, bacchius [u / / ] vi. choriamb [/ u u /, di iamb [u / u /] 2 ionic majore [/ / u u] ionic minore [u u / /: dispondee [/ / / /] ix. x. xi. mollosus [/ / /] xii. tribach [u u u, numeric descriptors for accentual syllabic meter, monosyllabic or monometer = 1, disyllabic or dimeter = 2.
