noun
a poetic rhythm that imitates the rhythm of speech
• Hypernyms: ↑poetic rhythm, ↑rhythmic pattern, ↑prosody
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noun : a poetic rhythm designed to approximate the natural rhythm of speech and characterized by the frequent juxtaposition of single accented syllables and the occurrence of mixed types of feet (as the accentual trochee, dactyl, and first paeon) whose sequence is broken or interrupted by outrides
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a poetic rhythm characterized by the use of strongly accented syllables, often in juxtaposition, accompanied by an indefinite number of unaccented syllables in each foot, of which the accented syllable is the essential component.
[term introduced by Gerard Manley Hopkins (1877)]
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sprung rhythm noun
A poetic rhythm close to the natural rhythm of speech, with mixed feet, and frequent single stressed syllables
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Main Entry: ↑sprung
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sprung rhythm,
Prosody. rhythm which has feet that vary greatly in the number of syllables, usually having between one and four, but that always have equal time length, the stress being on the first syllable. It was much used by both Gerard Manley Hopkins and Dylan Thomas.
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n. a poetic meter approximating speech, each foot having one stressed syllable followed by a varying number of unstressed ones
Origin:
late 19th cent.: coined by G. M. Hopkins, who used the meter
Useful english dictionary. 2012.