Translations for trochaic in the English»French Dictionary (Go to French»English)

trochaic [Brit trə(ʊ)ˈkeɪɪk, Am troʊˈkeɪɪk] ADJ

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It refers to a line of four trochaic feet. en.wikipedia.org

The poem consists of nine eight-line stanzas and is written in trochaic tetrameter. en.wikipedia.org

The final four syllables form a trochaic cadence. en.wikipedia.org

His published poetry shows great versatility, using anapestic and trochaic forms, blank verse, heroic couplets, ballads and sonnets. en.wikipedia.org

The trochaic septenarius is a catalectic line; that is, it consists of eight trochaic feet, with the last a half-foot. en.wikipedia.org

Only the seventh foot is regularly trochaic. en.wikipedia.org

Generally, the meter is trochaic octameter eight trochaic feet per line, each foot having one stressed syllable followed by one unstressed syllable. en.wikipedia.org

It is sometimes called catalectic trochaic tetrameter. en.wikipedia.org

Although other stress patterns appear, the verse is predominantly trochaic. en.wikipedia.org

There are two main types of line: a normal trochaic tetrameter and a broken trochaic tetrameter. en.wikipedia.org

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