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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.

Last updated: 01-04-2007 01:18:57
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