spondee

Now the medium of these is about fourteen syllables; because the dactyle is a more frequent foot in hexameters than the spondee.

The spondee is found in solemn hymns or in any verse expressing reverence and awe.

A spondee is a foot of two equally accented syllables; as, mainspring, sea-maid.

The Spondee, a foot of two long syllables, when admitted into the Iambic measure, adds much to the solemnity of the movement.

A true spondee must be made by voicing two syllables in equal time, and each without stress.