Definition of spondee in English:

spondee

noun ˈspɒndiːˈspɑndi

Prosody

A foot consisting of two long (or stressed) syllables.
〔诗韵〕扬扬格
Example sentencesExamples
- Thus in the last stanza quoted, after the surge of anapaests in the first two lines, spondees, dactyls, and iambs begin to appear.
- And if counting the spondees in the dactyls might have distracted me from what the words were saying (it didn't), wondering about the parenthetical insertions pulled me back in.
- The ominous tone maintained throughout the poem is reinforced by the spondees that open and close the last line.
- His formula for modern heroic verse, proclaimed up front in the essay, was, in short: more dactyls than trochees, and more trochees than spondees.
- The forceful spondees convey the inevitability of her intentions.

Origin

Late Middle English: from Old French, or via Latin from Greek spondeios (pous) '(foot) of a libation', from spondē 'libation' (being characteristic of music accompanying libations).

Rhymes

secondi, tondi

Definition of spondee in US English:

spondee

nounˈspɑndiˈspändē

Prosody

A foot consisting of two long (or stressed) syllables.
〔诗韵〕扬扬格
Example sentencesExamples
- And if counting the spondees in the dactyls might have distracted me from what the words were saying (it didn't), wondering about the parenthetical insertions pulled me back in.
- The forceful spondees convey the inevitability of her intentions.
- His formula for modern heroic verse, proclaimed up front in the essay, was, in short: more dactyls than trochees, and more trochees than spondees.
- Thus in the last stanza quoted, after the surge of anapaests in the first two lines, spondees, dactyls, and iambs begin to appear.
- The ominous tone maintained throughout the poem is reinforced by the spondees that open and close the last line.

Origin

Late Middle English: from Old French, or via Latin from Greek spondeios (pous) ‘(foot) of a libation’, from spondē ‘libation’ (being characteristic of music accompanying libations).

单词	spondee
释义	Definition of spondee in English: spondee noun ˈspɒndiːˈspɑndi Prosody A foot consisting of two long (or stressed) syllables. 〔诗韵〕扬扬格 Example sentencesExamples Thus in the last stanza quoted, after the surge of anapaests in the first two lines, spondees, dactyls, and iambs begin to appear. And if counting the spondees in the dactyls might have distracted me from what the words were saying (it didn't), wondering about the parenthetical insertions pulled me back in. The ominous tone maintained throughout the poem is reinforced by the spondees that open and close the last line. His formula for modern heroic verse, proclaimed up front in the essay, was, in short: more dactyls than trochees, and more trochees than spondees. The forceful spondees convey the inevitability of her intentions. Origin Late Middle English: from Old French, or via Latin from Greek spondeios (pous) '(foot) of a libation', from spondē 'libation' (being characteristic of music accompanying libations). Rhymes secondi, tondi Definition of spondee in US English: spondee nounˈspɑndiˈspändē Prosody A foot consisting of two long (or stressed) syllables. 〔诗韵〕扬扬格 Example sentencesExamples And if counting the spondees in the dactyls might have distracted me from what the words were saying (it didn't), wondering about the parenthetical insertions pulled me back in. The forceful spondees convey the inevitability of her intentions. His formula for modern heroic verse, proclaimed up front in the essay, was, in short: more dactyls than trochees, and more trochees than spondees. Thus in the last stanza quoted, after the surge of anapaests in the first two lines, spondees, dactyls, and iambs begin to appear. The ominous tone maintained throughout the poem is reinforced by the spondees that open and close the last line. Origin Late Middle English: from Old French, or via Latin from Greek spondeios (pous) ‘(foot) of a libation’, from spondē ‘libation’ (being characteristic of music accompanying libations).
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