TROCHEE

Trochee

A trochee or choree, choreus, is a metrical foot used in formal poetry consisting of a stressed syllable followed by an unstressed one. Trochee comes from the Greek τροχός, trokhós, wheel, and choree from χορός, khorós, dance; both convey the "rolling" rhythm of this metrical foot.

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trochee

Noun

  1. A metrical foot in verse consisting of a stressed syllable followed by an unstressed syllable.


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