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falling rhythm

 
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–noun Prosody.
a rhythmic pattern created by the succession of metrical feet each of which is composed of one accented syllable followed by one or more unaccented syllables.
Also called descending rhythm.

Origin:
1915–20
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falling rhythm  
n.  A rhythmic pattern in which the stress regularly occurs on the first syllable of each foot, as in Jack and Jill went up the hill.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
Copyright © 2009 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
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