Trochees

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  • trochee: a metrical foot used in formal poetry consisting of a long (or accented) syllable followed by a short (or unaccented) one; O carina! O carina! in this sentence consists of four trochees in succession; although rare in English verse, the trochee is fairly common in children's rhymes (such as Twinkle Twinkle, Little Star). For tree trochees (tricky trochees) : brontoichthyan (FW 007.20)
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