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amphibrach (dict)

Amphibrach

An amphibrac is a metrical foot used in formal poetry. It consists of a long syllable between two short syllables. Amphibracs are never used to construct an entire poem. They mainly occur as variants within, for instance, an anapaestic structure.

 

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