spondaic
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- adjective
- /spɒnˈdeɪɪk/
- Literature
- The phrase 'dead end' is considered a spondaic expression in literature.
- spondaic words
Examples
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When analyzing the poem, we noted the use of several spondaic lines that created a powerful effect.
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This is hard spondaic work trying to escape Earth's gravity.
Academic text (2008) -
Thus, the guidelines for the C&P examination dictated that spondaic words and the Maryland CNC word lists be included on the compact disc.
Academic text (1993) -
As Arion pours forth his mighty soul with full spondaic toll, so does Eliot (ll. 51-52).
Academic text (2016) -
The solution to the problem of the same speech materials spoken by the same speaker was the development of the CID W-1 (spondaic words) and CID W-22 (monosyllabic words) on audio (vinyl) records (2).
Academic text (1993) -
This stereo track contains spondaic words embedded in bursts of broadband noise in the SpiNo paradigm; that is, the spondaic words (s) are 180 degrees out of phase on the two channels and the bursts of broadband noise (N) in phase on the two channels.
Academic text (1993) -
This stereo track contains spondaic words embedded in bursts of broadband noise in the SpiNo paradigm; that is, the spondaic words (s) are 180 degrees out of phase on the two channels and the bursts of broadband noise (N) in phase on the two channels.
Academic text (1993) -
In poetry, a spondaic rhythm consists of two stressed syllables in each metrical foot.
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
The word spondaic comes from an old Greek word spondē meaning 'a solemn offering', so think of a slow, heavy pour at a serious ceremony. So, a spondaic rhythm has two long or strong beats, which gives a slow, serious sound.