catalectic
Sign in to saveA catalectic line is a metrically incomplete line of verse, lacking a syllable at the end or ending with an incomplete foot. One form of catalexis is headlessness, where the unstressed syllable is dropped from the beginning of the line.
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- In English
- Blunt and pendant catalexis
- Quantitative metres
- In ancient Greek
- In Latin poetry
- In classical Persian
- Catalexis in music
- See also
- References
A catalectic line is a metrically incomplete line of verse, lacking a syllable at the end or ending with an incomplete foot. One form of catalexis is headlessness, where the unstressed syllable is dropped from the beginning of the line.
A line missing two syllables is called brachycatalectic. A line with an additional syllable is called hypercatalectic.
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