acatalectic
/ˌeɪkætəˈlɛktɪk/
adjective
- Describing a line of poetry that has the full number of syllables expected, without any missing at the end.
- Students learned to identify acatalectic verses by counting the syllables.
- The poet wrote an acatalectic line that perfectly matched the meter.
- In the sonnet, every line was acatalectic, keeping the rhythm steady.
Antonyms
noun
- A line of poetry that is complete in its meter, with no syllables omitted.
- The acatalectic flowed smoothly without any breaks.
- The teacher asked us to find an acatalectic in the poem.
- He recited an acatalectic from Shakespeare's sonnet.