trochaic
[troh-key-ik]Prosody
Origin of trochaic
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Shelley's To a Skylark is in trochaic metre of 3-stress and 6-stress lines.
The Principles of English VersificationPaull Franklin Baum
The last line, however, full of tenderness and sadness, is trochaic.
Browning and the Dramatic MonologueS. S. Curry
Trochaic metre is often read, as if it were a kind of crude iambic.
Browning and the Dramatic MonologueS. S. Curry
The Greek trochaic tetrameter, similarly, contains eight trochees, the English 'trochaic tetrameter' but four.
The Principles of English VersificationPaull Franklin Baum
It does not admit of frequent substitutions, for many substitutions destroy the trochaic effect.
The Principles of English VersificationPaull Franklin Baum
trochaic
- of, relating to, or consisting of trochees
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- another word for trochee
- a verse composed of trochees
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Word Origin and History for trochaic
adj.
1580s, from French trochaïque (1540s) or directly from Latin trochaicus, from Greek trokhaikos, from trokhaios (see trochee).
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