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TROCHAIC (from Gr. rpoxalos, rpoxaixos; Lat. trochaeus)

TROCHAIC (from Gr. rpoxalos, rpoxaixos; See also:
LAT
Lat. trochaeus) , the name of a See also:

METRE ((terpuc?, sc. rFxvf, from Gr. Or poi', measure)

metre very commonly used by the Greeks and See also:

Romans in their tragedies and comedies. Its characteristic See also:

FOOT

foot is a trochee consisting of two syllables, one See also:

long, one See also:

SHORT, FRANCIS JOB (1857– )

short (–.,). The usual See also:

FORM (Lat. forma)

form, in which the Greeks employed the measure, was the trochaic tetrameter catalectic, the See also:

SCHEME (Lat. schema, Gr. oxfjya, figure, form, from the root axe, seen in exeiv, to have, hold, to be of such shape, form, &c.)

scheme of which is as follows:- The trochaic metre is rapid in See also:

MOVEMENT

movement and breathless, and is generally used to depict strong emotions or to tell an exciting narrative. It is, however, very ciosely related to the See also:

ORDINARY (med. Lat. ordinarius, Fr. ordinaire)

ordinary See also:

IAMBIC

iambic metre; in fact, by subtracting the first foot and a See also:

HALF

half of the longer See also:

LINE

line, we find ourselves See also:

LEFT

left with a pure iambic line as used by the tragedians. In See also:

MODERN

modern times, the trochaic measure has been adopted by the See also:

PROSODY (Gr. rpovwSta)

prosody of See also:

England, See also:

Germany and Scandinavia. The See also:

swift and hurrying movement of it, which we see reflected in its derivation, as the See also:

Greek name is certainly to be traced backto the verb rpEXeiv, to run, has made it a favourite with o1'x lyrical poets. In the See also:

early See also:

ENGLISH

English writers on versification the foot is called a trocheus.

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