trochee
a foot of two syllables, a long followed by a short in quantitative meter, or a stressed followed by an unstressed in accentual meter. Symbol:
Origin of trochee
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A trochee is a two-syllable foot accented on the first syllable.
English: Composition and Literature | W. F. (William Franklin) WebsterAntispast, an′ti-spast, n. in metre, a foot composed of an iambus and a trochee.
It will be noted that the dactyl is very closely related in expression to the trochee, and the anapest to the iambic.
Browning and the Dramatic Monologue | S. S. CurryThe trochee seems in general to indicate an outpouring of emotion or sudden burst of feeling too strong for control.
Browning and the Dramatic Monologue | S. S. CurryIt would be impossible for him to talk in a steady, straight-forward iambic, or even in the hesitating, emotional trochee.
Browning and the Dramatic Monologue | S. S. Curry
British Dictionary definitions for trochee
/ (ˈtrəʊkiː) /
prosody a metrical foot of two syllables, the first long and the second short (– ◡): Compare iamb
Origin of trochee
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