Meaning & use
trochee
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a metrical foot in poetry consisting of one stressed syllable followed by one unstressed syllable.
See it in a sentence
The word 'tiger' is a natural trochee, with stress falling on the first syllable.
Much of the poem is written in trochees, giving it a driving, falling rhythm.
A note on using this word
A trochee is the reverse of an iamb (unstressed-stressed) -- think of the opening of 'Tyger, Tyger, burning bright' as a classic trochaic pattern.
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