Trochee (Trochaic)

Literary/ Cultural Context Note

Litencyc Editors (Independent Scholar - Europe)
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  • The Literary Encyclopedia. WORLD HISTORY AND IDEAS: A CROSS-CULTURAL VOLUME.

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A metrical foot of with a strong stress followed by a weak, as in the following example from Louis MacNeice's 'Postcript to Ireland”: “Still I drink your helath before / The four butt raps upon the door”.

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Citation: Editors, Litencyc. "Trochee (Trochaic)". The Literary Encyclopedia. First published 01 November 2001 [https://www.litencyc.com/php/stopics.php?rec=true&UID=1143, accessed 19 March 2024.]

1143 Trochee (Trochaic) 2 Historical context notes are intended to give basic and preliminary information on a topic. In some cases they will be expanded into longer entries as the Literary Encyclopedia evolves.

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