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

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

It is sometimes called catalectic trochaic tetrameter. 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

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

Because of the length of the line, trochaic octameter lends itself to the heavy use of internal rhyme and alliteration and is also extraordinarily difficult to use consistently. en.wikipedia.org

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

The rhyme is a single stanza in trochaic metre, which is common in nursery rhymes and relatively easy for younger children to master. en.wikipedia.org

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

A rmur verse is made up of trochaic lines which use literary techniques such as rhyme and alliteration. 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

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