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| alexandrine |
(sometimes cap.) in poetry, a twelve-syllable line with alternating unstressed and stressed syllables, usu. with a clear pause after six syllables. [1/2 definitions] |
| anapest |
a measure of poetic meter consisting of two short or unstressed syllables followed by one long or stressed syllable. |
| aphesis |
the loss or dropping of an unstressed vowel at the beginning of a word, such as the "a" from "adobe". |
| enclitic |
of or denoting an unstressed word that is usu. used only in combination or close connection with other words, as "'em" in "Let's get 'em." [1/2 definitions] |
| iamb |
in metric verse, a foot of two syllables in which the first is short and the second long, or the first unstressed and the second stressed. |
| schwa |
an indistinct vowel sound that occurs in most unstressed syllables in English, such as the first "a" in "away". [1/2 definitions] |
| trochee |
in poetry, a metrical unit consisting of one long or stressed syllable followed by one short or unstressed syllable. |
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