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Spondee vs Dactyl - What's the difference?

spondee | dactyl |

As nouns the difference between spondee and dactyl

is that spondee is a word or metrical foot of two syllables, either both long or both stressed while dactyl is a poetical foot of three syllables (— ~ ~), one long followed by two short, or one accented followed by two unaccented.

spondee

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • A word or metrical foot of two syllables, either both long or both stressed.

    • Derived terms

    * spondaic

    External links

    * (wikipedia "spondee") English autological terms ----

    dactyl

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A poetical foot of three syllables (— ~ ~), one long followed by two short, or one accented followed by two unaccented.

    • Related terms

    * (l)

    See also

    * anapest * spondee * finger