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2. Syllable - Wikipedia

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   The first syllable of a word is the initial syllable and the last syllable is the final syllable. In languages accented on one of the last three syllables, the last syllable is called the ultima, the next-to-last is called the penult, and the third syllable from the end is called the antepenult.

3. List of English homographs - Wikipedia

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   When the prefix "re-" is added to a monosyllabic word, the word gains currency both as a noun and as a verb. Most of the pairs listed below are closely related: for example, "absent" as a noun meaning "missing", and as a verb meaning "to make oneself missing". There are also many cases in which homographs are of an entirely separate origin, or ...

4. Glossary of poetry terms - Wikipedia

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   Syllable weight and stress: weight refers to the duration of a syllable, which can be defined by the length of a vowel; whereas stress refers to a syllable uttered in a higher pitch—or with greater emphasis—than others Stressed or long syllable (Latin: longum; notation: –): a heavy syllable

5. Metre (poetry) - Wikipedia

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   These verses are then divided into syllable groups depending on the number of total syllables in a verse: 4+3 for 7 syllables, 4+4 or 5+3 for 8, 4+4+3 or 6+5 for 11 syllables. The end of each group in a verse is called a "durak" (stop), and must coincide with the last syllable of a word.

6. Metrical foot - Wikipedia

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   The unit is composed of syllables, and is usually two, three, or four syllables in length. The most common feet in English are the iamb , trochee , dactyl , and anapaest . [ 1 ] The foot might be compared to a bar , or a beat divided into pulse groups , in musical notation .

7. Iamb (poetry) - Wikipedia

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   Through iambic shortening, a word with the shape light–heavy or short–long changes to become light–light; for example, ibī changes to ibi with two short syllables. In modern linguistics this change is sometimes referred to as "trochaic shortening", since íbī has a stress on the first syllable and is thus in modern linguistic terms a ...

8. What is the 2024 Oxford Word of the Year? - AOL

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   The Oxford Word of the Year for 2023 was rizz, understood as short for "charisma" Natalie Neysa Alund is a senior reporter for USA TODAY. Reach her at nalund@usatoday.com and follow her on X ...

9. Paeon (prosody) - Wikipedia

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   It consists of four syllables, with one of the syllables being long and the other three short. [1] Paeons were often used in the traditional Greek hymn to Apollo called paeans. Its use in English poetry is rare. [2] Depending on the position of the long syllable, the four paeons are called a first, second, third, or fourth paeon. [3]