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Metrical foot
An amphibrach (/ˈæmfɪbræk/) is a metrical foot used in Latin and Greek prosody. It consists of a long syllable between two short syllables. The word comes
Amphibrach
Form of poetry
obscene verses. It is written in five-line, predominantly anapestic and amphibrach trimeter with a strict rhyme scheme of A A B B A {\displaystyle \mathrm
Limerick_(poetry)
The double amphibrach is a variation of the double dactyl, similar to the McWhirtle but with stricter formal requirements. Meter and lineation are consistently
Double_amphibrach
Length of time which a note can last
(weak–weak–strong), trochee (strong–weak), dactyl (strong–weak–weak), and amphibrach (weak–strong–weak), which may overlap to explain ambiguity. tuplet Benward
Duration_(music)
Metrical foot
trochee, choree – – spondee Trisyllables ◡ ◡ ◡ tribrach – ◡ ◡ dactyl ◡ – ◡ amphibrach ◡ ◡ – anapaest, antidactylus ◡ – – bacchius – ◡ – cretic, amphimacer – – ◡
Anapaest
1934 poem by William Carlos Williams
for lines two and five (each an iamb) and lines eight and nine (each an amphibrach), no two lines have the same metrical form. The consonance of the letters
This_Is_Just_to_Say
Metrical foot
trochee, choree – – spondee Trisyllables ◡ ◡ ◡ tribrach – ◡ ◡ dactyl ◡ – ◡ amphibrach ◡ ◡ – anapaest, antidactylus ◡ – – bacchius – ◡ – cretic, amphimacer – – ◡
Dactyl_(poetry)
1913/1922 novel by Andrei Bely
Berlin version Bely changed the foot of his rhythmic prose from anapest to amphibrach, and removed ironical passages related to the revolutionary movement.
Petersburg_(novel)
Metrical foot used in formal poetry
trochee, choree – – spondee Trisyllables ◡ ◡ ◡ tribrach – ◡ ◡ dactyl ◡ – ◡ amphibrach ◡ ◡ – anapaest, antidactylus ◡ – – bacchius – ◡ – cretic, amphimacer – – ◡
Antibacchius
Basic rhythmic structure of a verse or lines in verse
◡ ◡ ◡ tribrach – ◡ ◡ dactyl ◡ – ◡ amphibrach ◡ ◡ – anapaest, antidactylus ◡ – – bacchius – ◡ – cretic, amphimacer – – ◡ antibacchius – – – molossus
Metre_(poetry)
Metrical foot
trochee, choree – – spondee Trisyllables ◡ ◡ ◡ tribrach – ◡ ◡ dactyl ◡ – ◡ amphibrach ◡ ◡ – anapaest, antidactylus ◡ – – bacchius – ◡ – cretic, amphimacer – – ◡
Molossus_(poetry)
Metrical foot with two long (or accented) syllables
trochee, choree – – spondee Trisyllables ◡ ◡ ◡ tribrach – ◡ ◡ dactyl ◡ – ◡ amphibrach ◡ ◡ – anapaest, antidactylus ◡ – – bacchius – ◡ – cretic, amphimacer – – ◡
Spondee
1971 song by Leonard Cohen
is written in the form of a letter (many of the lines are written in amphibrachs). The lyric tells the story of a love triangle among the speaker, a woman
Famous_Blue_Raincoat
Basic repeating rhythmic unit in a line of poetry
◡ ◡ ◡ tribrach – ◡ ◡ dactyl ◡ – ◡ amphibrach ◡ ◡ – anapaest, antidactylus ◡ – – bacchius – ◡ – cretic, amphimacer – – ◡ antibacchius – – – molossus
Metrical_foot
Metrical foot
trochee, choree – – spondee Trisyllables ◡ ◡ ◡ tribrach – ◡ ◡ dactyl ◡ – ◡ amphibrach ◡ ◡ – anapaest, antidactylus ◡ – – bacchius – ◡ – cretic, amphimacer – – ◡
Trochee
Metric foot in Greek poetry
trochee, choree – – spondee Trisyllables ◡ ◡ ◡ tribrach – ◡ ◡ dactyl ◡ – ◡ amphibrach ◡ ◡ – anapaest, antidactylus ◡ – – bacchius – ◡ – cretic, amphimacer – – ◡
Pyrrhic
Fixed verse form
extra unstressed syllable makes McWhirtles essentially an informal double amphibrach. The looser form allows poets additional freedom to include additional
Double_dactyl
Metrical foot
trochee, choree – – spondee Trisyllables ◡ ◡ ◡ tribrach – ◡ ◡ dactyl ◡ – ◡ amphibrach ◡ ◡ – anapaest, antidactylus ◡ – – bacchius – ◡ – cretic, amphimacer – – ◡
Bacchius
Metrical foot
trochee, choree – – spondee Trisyllables ◡ ◡ ◡ tribrach – ◡ ◡ dactyl ◡ – ◡ amphibrach ◡ ◡ – anapaest, antidactylus ◡ – – bacchius – ◡ – cretic, amphimacer – – ◡
Iamb_(poetry)
Poetic verse form
trochee, choree – – spondee Trisyllables ◡ ◡ ◡ tribrach – ◡ ◡ dactyl ◡ – ◡ amphibrach ◡ ◡ – anapaest, antidactylus ◡ – – bacchius – ◡ – cretic, amphimacer – – ◡
Dactylic_tetrameter
some British English dialects) In an amphibrachic pair, each word is an amphibrach and has the second syllable stressed and the first and third syllables
List of closed pairs of English rhyming words
List_of_closed_pairs_of_English_rhyming_words
Metrical foot
trochee, choree – – spondee Trisyllables ◡ ◡ ◡ tribrach – ◡ ◡ dactyl ◡ – ◡ amphibrach ◡ ◡ – anapaest, antidactylus ◡ – – bacchius – ◡ – cretic, amphimacer – – ◡
Tribrach_(poetry)
Theory and practice of versification
pattern name ᴗ ᴗ ᴗ tribrach – ᴗ ᴗ dactyl ᴗ – ᴗ amphibrach ᴗ ᴗ – anapaest (anapest) ᴗ – – bacchius – ᴗ – cretic – – ᴗ antibacchius – – – molossus
Greek_prosody
Stressed syllable
trochee, choree – – spondee Trisyllables ◡ ◡ ◡ tribrach – ◡ ◡ dactyl ◡ – ◡ amphibrach ◡ ◡ – anapaest, antidactylus ◡ – – bacchius – ◡ – cretic, amphimacer – – ◡
Accent_(poetry)
1842 pair of piano works by Frédéric Chopin
elaborated 'feminine ending', articulating the reactive final beat of an amphibrach grouping." Recording by Luke Faulkner (Musopen) Problems playing this
Nocturnes,_Op._48_(Chopin)
All Latin and Greek roots beginning with G
brachiorrhachidian, Brachiosaurus brachy- short Greek βραχύς (brakhús) amphibrach, brachistochrone, brachycephaly, brachydactyly, brachyury, dibrach, tribrach
List of Greek and Latin roots in English/A–G
List_of_Greek_and_Latin_roots_in_English/A–G
All Latin and Greek roots beginning with B
brachiorrhachidian, Brachiosaurus brachy- short Greek βραχύς (brakhús) amphibrach, brachistochrone, brachycephaly, brachydactyly, brachyury, dibrach, tribrach
List of Greek and Latin roots in English/B
List_of_Greek_and_Latin_roots_in_English/B
1867 five-act play in verse by Henrik Ibsen
and decasyllabics, iambic, trochaic, dactylic, anapaestic, as well as amphibrachs. See Meyer (1974, 277). Meyer (1974, 277–279). Quoted by Meyer (1974
Peer_Gynt
Metrical foot
trochee, choree – – spondee Trisyllables ◡ ◡ ◡ tribrach – ◡ ◡ dactyl ◡ – ◡ amphibrach ◡ ◡ – anapaest, antidactylus ◡ – – bacchius – ◡ – cretic, amphimacer – – ◡
Cretic
Aspect of Vedic studies
trochee, choree – – spondee Trisyllables ◡ ◡ ◡ tribrach – ◡ ◡ dactyl ◡ – ◡ amphibrach ◡ ◡ – anapaest, antidactylus ◡ – – bacchius – ◡ – cretic, amphimacer – – ◡
Sanskrit_prosody
published by Elias Glazunov and Co. in 1840. Lermontov composed the poem in amphibrach tetrameter, the same meter and strophe used by Alexander Pushkin in his
Three_Palms
Component of J. R. R. Tolkien's writing
dialogue, not only the parts set out as verse, are in a metre "built on amphibrachs and amphimacers, two of the most obscure and seldom-seen tools in the
Poetry in The Lord of the Rings
Poetry_in_The_Lord_of_the_Rings
short-short-long. (Example: "The Destruction of Sennacherib" by Lord Byron.) Amphibrach: short-long-short Cretic (aka amphimacer): long-short-long. (Example:
Glossary_of_poetry_terms
trochee, choree – – spondee Trisyllables ◡ ◡ ◡ tribrach – ◡ ◡ dactyl ◡ – ◡ amphibrach ◡ ◡ – anapaest, antidactylus ◡ – – bacchius – ◡ – cretic, amphimacer – – ◡
Tolkien's_poetry
rarely used, can be treated as a beginning of a line of a poem written in amphibrach due to uncommon word order, or when the speaker wants to highlight that
Russian_grammar
Romanian writer and labor organizer (1890–1975)
fundamentally neo-romantic and neo-classical, highlighting Constant's use of the amphibrach, and viewing him as a better poet than he was a satirist. During this
Eugen_Constant
Romanian poet and social scientist (1897–1976)
Banu's Flacăra in 1912—he noted that he had used the "then-fashionable" amphibrach, and that the same issue also featured the debut of a poet he viewed as
Barbu_Solacolu
Prussian academic (1776–1840)
Perkūnas, Žemyna, etc. He then described the common metre (iamb, trochee, amphibrach, or mixed), melody (which is difficult to record), and rhythm (not an
Ludwig_Rhesa
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Boy/Male
Hindu, Indian
Love
Boy/Male
Irish
From the ford of the oak tree.
Girl/Female
Tamil
Born out of sacred fire
Girl/Female
Hindu, Indian
Shukracharya's Daughter
Girl/Female
Tamil
Pariksha | பரீகà¯à®·à®¾
Test, Exam
Boy/Male
Hindu, Indian, Punjabi, Sikh
Lord of the Water; Lord of the People
Girl/Female
Arabic, Iranian, Muslim, Parsi
Beautiful
Girl/Female
Arabic, Hebrew, Indian, Muslim
High; Exalted; Sublime; Another Name for God; Lofty; Delicate
Boy/Male
Tamil
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Boy/Male
Indian, Sanskrit
The Lord who Removes Obstacles
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AMPHIBRACH
n.
A foot of three syllables, the middle one long, the first and last short (~ -- ~); as, h/b/r/. In modern prosody the accented syllable takes the place of the long and the unaccented of the short; as, pro-phet#ic.