trochees

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Noun trochee has 1 sense

trochee - a metrical unit with stressed-stressed-unstressed syllables
--₁ is a kind of metrical foot, foot, metrical unit

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Trochees

Definition:

Trochees refers to a metrical foot in poetry, consisting of a stressed syllable followed by an unstressed syllable. It is the opposite of an iamb, which consists of an unstressed syllable followed by a stressed syllable.

Examples:

- Númber of syllábles in a líne

- Póetry in tróchees often rhýmes

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