adonic
/əˈdɑnɪk/
adjective
- Relating to or consisting of a metrical foot of two syllables, the first short and the second long (in classical poetry) or the first unstressed and the second stressed (in English poetry).
- The poet used an adonic rhythm to give the verse a quick, light feel.
- In the English class, we studied the adonic meter in ancient Greek poetry.
- Her poem was written entirely in adonic lines, with a clear short-long pattern.
noun
- A line of verse written in adonic meter.
- The student wrote an adonic for his poetry assignment.
- She could recite several adonics from memory.
- Each adonic in the hymn followed the same rhythmic pattern.