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Metrical foot
In poetic metre, a trochee (/ˈtroʊkiː/ TROH-kee) is a metrical foot consisting of a stressed syllable followed by an unstressed one, in qualitative meter
Trochee
Basic repeating rhythmic unit in a line of poetry
four syllables in length. The most common feet in English are the iamb, trochee, dactyl, and anapaest. The foot might be compared to a bar, or a beat divided
Metrical_foot
Metrical foot
on the first syllable, in modern linguistics it is considered to be a trochee. R. S. P. Beekes has suggested that the Ancient Greek: ἴαμβος iambos has
Iamb_(poetry)
Metrical line of verses consisting of six feet
them. The fifth is almost always a dactyl, and last must be a spondee / trochee (together forming an adonic). Exceptions can occur when a polysyllabic
Hexameter
Metrical foot
the / hemlocks, The first five feet of the line are dactyls; the sixth a trochee. Stephen Fry quotes Robert Browning's poem "The Lost Leader" as an example
Dactyl_(poetry)
Basic rhythmic structure of a verse or lines in verse
hendecasyllabic is a line with a never-varying structure: two trochees, followed by a dactyl, then two more trochees. In the Sapphic stanza, three hendecasyllabics are
Metre_(poetry)
Poetic line of four trochaic feet
poetry, a trochee is a foot consisting of a stressed syllable followed by an unstressed syllable. Thus a tetrameter contains four trochees or eight syllables
Trochaic_tetrameter
Metrical foot
short syllables occupying a foot, replacing either an iamb (u –) or a trochee (– u). In accentual-syllabic verse (such as formal English verse), the
Tribrach_(poetry)
Off-beat rhythm
syncopation. It is derived here from its theoretic unsyncopated form, a repeated trochee (¯ ˘ ¯ ˘). A backbeat transformation is applied to "I" and "can't", and
Syncopation
Poetic meter consisting of six feet
either a spondee or a long syllable followed by one short syllable, a trochee (– ᴗ). The six feet and their variation is symbolically represented below:
Dactylic_hexameter
Rhythmic sentence ending used in rhetoric
range of popular clausulae. One of the most common rhythms was cretic + trochee (– u – – x), for example vīta trānscurrit or illa tempestās, and variations
Clausula_(rhetoric)
Metric line consisting of five iambic feet
Dactylic pentameter Decasyllable Hendecasyllable Ragale Systems of scansion Trochee "Iambic pentameter | Poetry, Definition, & Facts | Britannica". www.britannica
Iambic_pentameter
Metrical foot
Metrical feet and accents Disyllables ◡ ◡ pyrrhic, dibrach ◡ – iamb – ◡ trochee, choree – – spondee Trisyllables ◡ ◡ ◡ tribrach – ◡ ◡ dactyl ◡ – ◡ amphibrach
Anapaest
Unit of Aeolic verse
verse, a five-syllable metrical foot consisting of a dactyl followed by a trochee. The last line of a Sapphic stanza is an adonic. The pattern (where "-"
Adonic
Metrical foot with two long (or accented) syllables
Metrical feet and accents Disyllables ◡ ◡ pyrrhic, dibrach ◡ – iamb – ◡ trochee, choree – – spondee Trisyllables ◡ ◡ ◡ tribrach – ◡ ◡ dactyl ◡ – ◡ amphibrach
Spondee
Metrical foot used in formal poetry
Metrical feet and accents Disyllables ◡ ◡ pyrrhic, dibrach ◡ – iamb – ◡ trochee, choree – – spondee Trisyllables ◡ ◡ ◡ tribrach – ◡ ◡ dactyl ◡ – ◡ amphibrach
Antibacchius
Form of literature
syllable followed by a stressed syllable (e.g. des-cribe, in-clude, re-tract) trochee—one stressed syllable followed by an unstressed syllable (e.g. pic-ture
Poetry
four syllables in the pattern long-short-short-long (— ‿ ‿ —), that is, a trochee alternating with an iamb. Choriambs are one of the two basic metra that
Choriamb
American author and cartoonist (1904–1991)
Carolina: McFarland & Company. ISBN 978-0-7864-0388-2. OCLC 37418407. "Trochee". LitCharts. Archived from the original on December 8, 2025. Retrieved
Dr._Seuss
Metrical foot
Metrical feet and accents Disyllables ◡ ◡ pyrrhic, dibrach ◡ – iamb – ◡ trochee, choree – – spondee Trisyllables ◡ ◡ ◡ tribrach – ◡ ◡ dactyl ◡ – ◡ amphibrach
Molossus_(poetry)
Length of time which a note can last
metrical feet of poetry: iamb (weak–strong), anapest (weak–weak–strong), trochee (strong–weak), dactyl (strong–weak–weak), and amphibrach (weak–strong–weak)
Duration_(music)
Verse of the classic meter
brevis. "x x" is known as the Aeolic base, which can be a spondeus "– –", a trochee "– u", or an iamb "u –". The middle foot "– u u –" is a choriambus, as
Glyconic
Machine for generating Latin verses
Word 1 Word 2 Word 3 Word 4 Word 5 Word 6 dactyl trochee iamb molossus dactyl trochee adjective, neuter plural nominative (or accusative) noun, neuter
The_Eureka
Metrical foot
mixing iambs and trochees could employ a cretic foot as a transition. In other words, a poetic line might have two iambs and two trochees, with a cretic
Cretic
1795 composition by L. van Beethoven
rhythmic pattern trochee – dactyl – trochee – trochee – trochee. The short concluding line, the Adonius, has a dactyl plus a trochee; in Matthison's poem
Adelaide_(Beethoven)
Stationary song in Ancient Greek tragedy
anapaests or trochaics". This comment about the absence of anapest and trochee has been interpreted to mean that the music was not based on the usual
Stasimon
is a trochee, with the first syllable stressed and the second syllable unstressed. In an trochaic-or-iambic pair, each word can be either a trochee (stressed
List of closed pairs of English rhyming words
List_of_closed_pairs_of_English_rhyming_words
Poetic device; use of an alien metric foot
meter, trochaic substitution describes the replacement of an iamb by a trochee. The following line from John Keats's To Autumn is straightforward iambic
Substitution_(poetry)
5th-century BC Athenian playwright
philosophical subtlety. The trochaic tetrameter catalectic—four pairs of trochees per line, with the final syllable omitted—was identified by Aristotle as
Euripides
Line consisting of four iambic feet
tetrameter Iambic pentameter Iambic heptameter Dactyl Dactylic hexameter Trochee/Trochaic Trochaic tetrameter Trochaic octameter Arabic poetry Basīṭ Hazaj
Iambic_tetrameter
13th-century musical treatise
brevis (short) and are given the names trochee, iamb, dactyl, anapest, spondaic and tribrach, although trochee, dactyl and spondaic were much more common
De_Mensurabili_Musica
long-short-long-short (i.e., two trochees) Antispast: short-long-long-short Choriamb: long-short-short-long (i.e., a trochee/choree alternating with an iamb)
Glossary_of_poetry_terms
Range of verse forms written in Old Norse
predominantly trochaic, and the last two syllables in each line have to form a trochee (there are a few specific forms which utilize a stressed word at line-end
Old_Norse_poetry
Line of verse with just one metrical foot or dipody
tetrameter Iambic pentameter Iambic heptameter Dactyl Dactylic hexameter Trochee/Trochaic Trochaic tetrameter Trochaic octameter Arabic poetry Basīṭ Hazaj
Monometer
1912 poem by Sarojini Naidu
Language English Subject(s) Romanticism Lyric poetry Genre Rhetorical Meter Trochee Rhyme scheme ABCBCB Publisher Heinemann, London John Lane, New York Publication
In_the_Bazaars_of_Hyderabad
Body of literary work by Roman poet Catullus from 62 to 54 BC
two long syllables, as the above. Some start with an iamb (ᴗ –), or a trochee (– ᴗ). The following starts with an iamb (ᴗ –): ᴗ – – ᴗ ᴗ – ᴗ – ᴗ – – malest
Poetry_of_Catullus
Form of literary device
stressed syllables, five of which are stressed but do not rhyme. Trochee–A trochee is a two-syllable metrical pattern in poetry in which a stressed syllable
Poetic_device
Meter, time cycle measure in Indian music
meanings in ancient Sanskrit texts of Hinduism. For example, it means trochee in Sanskrit prosody. Tāla (ताल) is a Sanskrit word, which means 'being
Tala_(music)
Metrical foot
Metrical feet and accents Disyllables ◡ ◡ pyrrhic, dibrach ◡ – iamb – ◡ trochee, choree – – spondee Trisyllables ◡ ◡ ◡ tribrach – ◡ ◡ dactyl ◡ – ◡ amphibrach
Bacchius
Metric foot in Greek poetry
Metrical feet and accents Disyllables ◡ ◡ pyrrhic, dibrach ◡ – iamb – ◡ trochee, choree – – spondee Trisyllables ◡ ◡ ◡ tribrach – ◡ ◡ dactyl ◡ – ◡ amphibrach
Pyrrhic
Danish song
Radio. In this version, the first half of the tune has been interpreted as trochee: Another interpretation based on rhythmical structures common in older
Drømde_mik_en_drøm_i_nat
Metrical foot
Metrical feet and accents Disyllables ◡ ◡ pyrrhic, dibrach ◡ – iamb – ◡ trochee, choree – – spondee Trisyllables ◡ ◡ ◡ tribrach – ◡ ◡ dactyl ◡ – ◡ amphibrach
Amphibrach
English poet and children's writer (1930–1998)
1957, including a Somerset Maugham Award. The work favoured hard-hitting trochees and spondees reminiscent of Middle English — a style he used throughout
Ted_Hughes
Poetic line consisting of 14 syllables
tetrameter Iambic pentameter Iambic heptameter Dactyl Dactylic hexameter Trochee/Trochaic Trochaic tetrameter Trochaic octameter Arabic poetry Basīṭ Hazaj
Fourteener_(poetry)
Stressed syllable
Metrical feet and accents Disyllables ◡ ◡ pyrrhic, dibrach ◡ – iamb – ◡ trochee, choree – – spondee Trisyllables ◡ ◡ ◡ tribrach – ◡ ◡ dactyl ◡ – ◡ amphibrach
Accent_(poetry)
tetrameter Iambic pentameter Iambic heptameter Dactyl Dactylic hexameter Trochee/Trochaic Trochaic tetrameter Trochaic octameter Arabic poetry Basīṭ Hazaj
Kamil_(metre)
Kuvempu is a variation of Sarala Ragale. Anapaest Dactyl Systems of scansion Trochee Prof. T. V. Venkatachala Shastri, Kannada Chandaswaroopa, DVK Murthy Publication
Ragale
tetrameter Iambic pentameter Iambic heptameter Dactyl Dactylic hexameter Trochee/Trochaic Trochaic tetrameter Trochaic octameter Arabic poetry Basīṭ Hazaj
Dimeter
1957 poem collection by Ted Hughes
Sagar said, "Hughes rejected the Latinate iamb in favour of bludgeoning trochees and spondees. The strong alliteration, onomatopoeia, and hyperbole gave
The_Hawk_in_the_Rain
Type of meter (poetry)
tetrameter Iambic pentameter Iambic heptameter Dactyl Dactylic hexameter Trochee/Trochaic Trochaic tetrameter Trochaic octameter Arabic poetry Basīṭ Hazaj
Trimeter
Study of Latin poetic laws of metre
below), dactyl, trochee, trochee, spondee. Catullus is rather freer than Martial, in that he will occasionally start a line with a trochee or iambus, as
Latin_prosody
Classical Athenian comic playwright (c. 446 – c. 386 BC)
plays. Tetrameter catalectic verses: These are long lines of anapests, trochees or iambs (where each line is ideally measured in four dipodes or pairs
Aristophanes
German language poem written by the Romanian-born poet Paul Celan
Tango; the poem is structured to give a strong impression of dactyl and trochee rhythms. These are brought out in the poet's own reading of the work, which
Todesfuge
modifications are applied cyclically, initially within rhythmic feet (trochees; see below) and that sandhi "need not apply between two cyclic branches"
Standard_Chinese_phonology
1855 epic poem by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
hour takes the metrical shape of trochees, everybody writes trochaics, talks trochaics, and think [sic] in trochees: ... "By the way, the rise in Erie
The_Song_of_Hiawatha
Portuguese poet, writer, and philosopher (1888–1935)
Philosopher; author of "Historia Cómica do Affonso Çapateiro" 46 Professor Trochee Proto-heteronym / Pseudonym Author of an essay with humorous advice for
Fernando_Pessoa
Poem by William Shakespeare
first quatrain, the next trochee occurs in the middle of line 5, the only medial trochee of the sonnet, followed by trochees at the beginning of the sixth
Sonnet_60
Poem by William Shakespeare
pentameter of all that precedes it. This is then followed by the flowing trochee-iamb that begins the next line, a combination that will be repeated frequently"
Sonnet_1
Aspect of Vedic studies
Metrical feet and accents Disyllables ◡ ◡ pyrrhic, dibrach ◡ – iamb – ◡ trochee, choree – – spondee Trisyllables ◡ ◡ ◡ tribrach – ◡ ◡ dactyl ◡ – ◡ amphibrach
Sanskrit_prosody
Feature of poetic metre
agitated". He says this is caused by the introduction of pyrrhics (u u), trochees (– u) and dichorees (– u – u) "which ultimately degenerate into dance rhythms"
Anaclasis_(poetry)
Poetic verse form
Metrical feet and accents Disyllables ◡ ◡ pyrrhic, dibrach ◡ – iamb – ◡ trochee, choree – – spondee Trisyllables ◡ ◡ ◡ tribrach – ◡ ◡ dactyl ◡ – ◡ amphibrach
Dactylic_tetrameter
Poetic verse with ten syllables per line
accent (accentual verse), it is the equivalent of pentameter with iambs or trochees (particularly iambic pentameter). Medieval French heroic epics (the chansons
Decasyllable
Linguistic concept
first syllable while the second syllable is light, the iamb shifts to a trochee (i.e. antepenultimate stress) because there is a requirement that main
Syllable_weight
Roman politician and general
occasion when Carbo made use of a certain clausula (a dichoreus or double trochee – u – x), which was so effective that the audience all gave a shout. Konrad
Gnaeus Papirius Carbo (consul 85 BC)
Gnaeus_Papirius_Carbo_(consul_85_BC)
Poetic meter of four metrical feet
tetrameter Iambic pentameter Iambic heptameter Dactyl Dactylic hexameter Trochee/Trochaic Trochaic tetrameter Trochaic octameter Arabic poetry Basīṭ Hazaj
Tetrameter
triple meter triple rhythm triplet tristich tritagonist trivium trobar clus trochee A two-syllable metrical foot with the accent syllable on the first foot
Glossary_of_literary_terms
Poetic metre used in Greek and Latin, especially in Roman comedy
refer to the trochee (– u), and trochaeus to refer to the tribrach (u u u); but Quintilian adds that some people use trochaeus for the trochee and tribrachys
Trochaic_septenarius
Verse with eight syllables per line
of verse with eight syllables. It is equivalent to tetrameter verse in trochees in languages with a stress accent. Its first occurrence is in a 10th-century
Octosyllable
was favored by ancient prose writers since, unlike the dactyl, spondee, trochee, and iamb, it was not associated with a particular poetic meter, such as
Paeon_(prosody)
Theory and practice of versification
" Meters such as the above, which consist of a mixture of dactyls and trochees, are sometimes referred to as "logaoedic" ("speech-song"), since they are
Greek_prosody
Russian polymath (1711–1765)
His advocacy of the iamb won out over Trediakovsky's arguments for the trochee as the basic metrical foot. Lomonosov wrote solemn occasional, spiritual
Mikhail_Lomonosov
Medieval music term
most often described, forming the nucleus of the system, are: Long-short (trochee) Short-long (iamb) Long-short-short (dactyl)[citation needed] Short-short-long
Modus_(medieval_music)
(Old Norse) In ljóðaháttr verse, if an even-numbered line ends in a trochee, the heavy syllable is made light; in other words, in strong–weak metrical
Glossary of sound laws in the Indo-European languages
Glossary_of_sound_laws_in_the_Indo-European_languages
Poetic meter with eight trochaic metrical feet per line
tetrameter Iambic pentameter Iambic heptameter Dactyl Dactylic hexameter Trochee/Trochaic Trochaic tetrameter Trochaic octameter Arabic poetry Basīṭ Hazaj
Trochaic_octameter
τροχοειδής ditrochee, epitrochoid, hypotrochoid, trochaic, trochanter, trochee, trochelminth, trochlea, trochophore, trochoid tredec- thirteen Latin tredecim
List of Greek and Latin roots in English/P–Z
List_of_Greek_and_Latin_roots_in_English/P–Z
Poem by William Shakespeare
'heav'n with' is probably the most violent example in the sonnets of a trochee without a preceding verse-pause... The heaping of stress, the harsh reversal
Sonnet_29
appear in phonetic transcription, descriptions of phonological processes, trochees, phonemes, morphophonemes, natural classes, semantic features such as animacy
Symbolic linguistic representation
Symbolic_linguistic_representation
Fictional language in Far Cry Primal
feel to the language, with 2- and 4-syllable words being always perfect trochees: dácham, "ten"; kúshla, "back"; mága, "can"; shàwikwála, "shepherd"; shìyugwáyfa
Wenja_language
Feature of Ancient Greek prosody
spondaic word, of shape – –, is avoided in the same position), (c) Knox's Trochee Bridge (stating that a trochaic word, of shape – u, tends to be avoided
Porson's_law
Arabic poetry meter
tetrameter Iambic pentameter Iambic heptameter Dactyl Dactylic hexameter Trochee/Trochaic Trochaic tetrameter Trochaic octameter Arabic poetry Basīṭ Hazaj
Wafir
Comic opera in three acts by Bedřich Smetana
has an intrinsic "Czechness", being one of the few in Czech written in trochees (a stressed syllable followed by an unstressed one), matching the natural
The_Bartered_Bride
Metre used in Hebrew biblical poetry
tetrameter Iambic pentameter Iambic heptameter Dactyl Dactylic hexameter Trochee/Trochaic Trochaic tetrameter Trochaic octameter Arabic poetry Basīṭ Hazaj
Qinah_(metre)
1987 song by Lou Barlow
version used a trochaic pattern, this one consists of two dactyls and a trochee. The most significant additional section is an intense noise-rock outro
Brand_New_Love
German humorist, poet, illustrator, and painter (1832–1908)
could hardly be a socialite. Many of his picture stories use verses with trochee structure: Master Lampel's gentle powers Failed with rascals such as ours
Wilhelm_Busch
century), Jaimini Bharata by Lakshmisha (16th century) and Bhavachintaratna by Gubbiya Mallanarya (c.1513) Trochee Anapaest Dactyl Systems of scansion
Shatpadi
Ancient Greek lyric poet (c. 680 – c. 645 BC)
echoes. The meter below is trochaic tetrameter catalectic (four pairs of trochees with the final syllable omitted), a form later favoured by Athenian dramatists
Archilochus
Metrical feet and accents Disyllables ◡ ◡ pyrrhic, dibrach ◡ – iamb – ◡ trochee, choree – – spondee Trisyllables ◡ ◡ ◡ tribrach – ◡ ◡ dactyl ◡ – ◡ amphibrach
Tolkien's_poetry
Imaginary character created by a writer to write in different styles
Philosopher, author of "Historia Cómica do Affonso Çapateiro" 46 Professor Trochee proto-heteronym/pseudonym Author of an essay with humorous advice for young
Heteronym_(literature)
Poem by Theodore Roethke
slide from the kitchen shelf in the second stanza. This line begins with a trochee, changing the rhythm from rising to falling. In an analysis addressing
My_Papa's_Waltz
Rhythmic patterns in medieval European music
each one corresponds to a certain metrical foot, as follows: Long-short (trochee) Short-long (iamb) Long-short-short (dactyl) Short-short-long (anapaest)
Rhythmic_mode
Form of literature, in verse
syllables together iamb – unstressed syllable followed by a stressed syllable trochee – one stressed syllable followed by an unstressed syllable dactyl – one
Outline_of_poetry
Latin poetry collection
known as the "1st Archilochian". (a dactylic tetrameter + ithyphallic (= 3 trochees), followed by an iambic trimeter catalectic) Book 1: 4 – ᴗ ᴗ – ᴗ ᴗ – ᴗ
Odes_(Horace)
German structural psychologist (1862–1915)
conscious process occurred that led to the subject responding with the word “trochee”. This, they proposed, indicated that Wundt was wrong in his belief that
Oswald_Külpe
British-based Australian poet (1929– 2010)
main fixture of poetry is no longer the foot (you know, the iambus or the trochee) but the cadence. It seems that what is very important is to get the best
Peter_Porter_(poet)
Prosody of Arabic poetry
4 all have one place in the hemistich (half-line) where the watid is a trochee (– u) instead of an iamb (u –); the meters of circle 5 have short feet
Arabic_prosody
such terms as iambic pentameter, alexandrine, tetrameter, enjambment, trochee, spondee, pyrrhic and epic caesura. As a member of the BBC Drama Repertory
Paul_Meier_(voice_coach)
|| U U — | U U — | U To this day, each half-foot can also begin with a trochee; this is called choriambic, by comparison to its ancient metrical counterpart
Political_verse
Metrical pattern in poetry
a trochaic dimeter catalectic, i.e. a combination of two groups of two trochees each (— u — x), with the second of these groups lacking its final syllable;
Lekythion
tetrameter Iambic pentameter Iambic heptameter Dactyl Dactylic hexameter Trochee/Trochaic Trochaic tetrameter Trochaic octameter Arabic poetry Basīṭ Hazaj
Tawil
Repeating 3 to 6-syllable section of a poetic metre
ᴗ – | – – ᴗ – | ᴗ ᴗ – (2x) In the khafīf metre, the second "peg" is a trochee (– ᴗ) instead of an iamb (ᴗ –), according to Khalil's system: | x ᴗ – x
Metron_(poetry)
TROCHEE
TROCHEE
TROCHEE
TROCHEE
Surname or Lastname
English
English : apparently a nickname for an active, brisk, or smart person. Although spry is not recorded in OED until the 18th century, it was probably in colloquial use in the West Country dialect and in Scots much earlier. The word is of obscure origin. The surname is found mainly in Devon, but there is also a modest concentration of bearers in northeastern England.
Boy/Male
Indian, Punjabi, Sikh
Preserver of Light
Boy/Male
Arabic, Australian, Chinese, Hebrew
Sublime; Alvah was a Biblical Place and Tribal Name; Brilliance; Sin; Light Skinned; Fair
Girl/Female
Hindu
Goddess Durga
Girl/Female
Arabic, Swahili
Woman; Life
Boy/Male
Irish
From an Irish name meaning “â€one who aids or assists.â€â€ It is usually translated as Terence and Terry, two names that have become strongly associated with Ireland. Turlough O’Carolan was a 17th century blind harpist and composer who wrote one of the most haunting pieces of Irish music, “â€O’Carolan’s Concerto.â€â€
Boy/Male
Indian
The giver of dishonor
Boy/Male
French, German, Italian, Latin
Fidelity; Faithful
Boy/Male
Arabic, Bengali, Gujarati, Hindu, Indian, Kannada, Malayalam, Marathi, Muslim, Punjabi, Sikh, Sindhi, Tamil, Telugu, Traditional
Gratified; Delighted; Happy; Prosperous; King; Blissful Person
Biblical
redeemed; defiled;may God redeem;deliverer; he will vindicate;
TROCHEE
TROCHEE
TROCHEE
TROCHEE
TROCHEE
n.
A foot consisting of four syllables, of which the first and last are long, and the other short (- ~ ~ -); that is, a choreus, or trochee, and an iambus united.
a.
Of or pertaining to trochees; consisting of trochees; as, trochaic measure or verse.
a.
Containing two trochees.
n.
A foot of two syllables, the first long and the second short, as in the Latin word ante, or the first accented and the second unaccented, as in the English word motion; a choreus.
n.
A double trochee; a foot made up of two trochees.
a.
Belonging to, or in the manner of, Sappho; -- said of a certain kind of verse reputed to have been invented by Sappho, consisting of five feet, of which the first, fourth, and fifth are trochees, the second is a spondee, and the third a dactyl.
n.
A species of hexameter verse so constructed as to be divisible into two portions of three feet each, having generally a trochee in the first and the fourth foot, and an amphimacer in the third; -- applied also to a regular hexameter verse when so constructed as to be divisible into two portions of three feet each.
n.
a trochee.
a.
Composed of dactyls and trochees so arranged as to produce a movement like that of ordinary speech.