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Dispondee
Dispondee Di*spon"dee, n. [L. dispondeus, Gr. ?; di- = di`s- twice + ? spondee.] (Gr. ? Lat. Pros.) A double spondee; a foot consisting of four long syllables.

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- A spondee (Latin: spondeus) is a metrical foot consisting of two long syllables, as determined by syllable weight in classical meters, or two stressed...
- syllables, a spondee (– –), or a long syllable followed by two short syllables, a dactyl (–ᴗᴗ), and the last foot consisting of either a spondee or a long...
- up spondee in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Spondee is a metrical foot consisting of two stressed syllables. Spondee may also refer to: "Spondee" (song)...
- Title Length 1. "Lipostudio...And So On" 5:35 2. "L.A.S.I.K." 3:57 3. "Spondee" 6:15 4. "Ur Tchun Tan Tse Qi" 5:05 5. "For Felix (And All the Rats)" 7:52...
- four metra, each metron being of the form | x – u – |, consisting of a spondee and an iamb, or two iambs. There usually is a break in the centre of the...
- six feet making up the line was either a dactyl (long-short-short) or a spondee (long-long): a "long syllable" was literally one that took longer to pronounce...
- accents Disyllables ◡ ◡ pyrrhic, dibrach ◡ – iamb – ◡ trochee, c****e – – spondee Trisyllables ◡ ◡ ◡ tribrach – ◡ ◡ dactyl ◡ – ◡ amphibrach ◡ ◡ – anapaest...
- name for becoming famous was one consisting of a dactyl followed by a spondee, as at the end of a hexameter: like Jeremy Taylor. Aleister Crowley fulfilled...
- follow these rules: A foot can be made up of two long syllables (– –), a spondee; or a long and two short syllables, a dactyl (– υ υ). The first four feet...
- break into the home of a virtuous woman, he sang a solemn tune with long spondees and the boys' "raging willfulness" was quelled. The Pythagoreans also placed...