amphibrach
/ˈæmfɪbræk/
noun
- A metrical foot in poetry consisting of one stressed syllable between two unstressed syllables (da-DUM-da).
- Poets sometimes use the amphibrach to create a rolling, musical rhythm in their verses.
- The word 'remember' is an amphibrach because the stress falls on the middle syllable: re-MEM-ber.
- In the line 'The sound of the sea is a whisper,' the word 'whisper' is an amphibrach.
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