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Antibacchic pentameter

Meter
Pronunciation

Understanding ARPABET Pronunciation

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The pronunciation guide uses the ARPABET phonetic system—the same system used in speech recognition and text-to-speech applications.

Vowel Examples:
AE1 = cat, bat
EH1 = bed, head
IY1 = see, me
OW1 = go, boat
UW1 = boot, do
Stress Numbers:
0 = no stress (unstressed)
1 = primary stress (loud)
2 = secondary stress (medium)
Example:
AH0 TH IY1 N AH0
= a-THEE-na (Athena)

The stressed syllable (marked with 1) is pronounced louder and clearer than others.

Quick Definition

A five-foot line of antibacchiacs (long-long-short), creating syncopated rhythm

Detailed Definition
Palimbacchic pentameter is a metrical line consisting of five palimbacchic feet, each foot comprising two long syllables followed by one short (— — ∪); though rare in English, this quantitative meter originates in classical prosody and may be adapted in experimental or neo-Latin verse to evoke archaic or ceremonial tones through its heavy, rolling cadence.
Example
Example in poetry:
Antibacchic pentameter: A line of five antibacchic feet (each foot: two short syllables followed by a long: u u –); though rare, a constructed example: “In the breeze the leaves dance free,” scanned as u u – | u u – | u u – | u u – | u u –.

A metrical line of five metrical feet, where each foot is a palimbacchius (two stressed syllables followed by an unstressed syllable: ’ ’ u); A rare metrical line like ’ ’ u / ’ ’ u / ’ ’ u / ’ ’ u / ’ ’ u; A line where the meter is difficult to maintain and often breaks down into simpler forms; A line of five feet that resists the natural flow of English speech, creating a halting, emphatic rhythm.
Additional Notes
Five antibacchic feet per line (stress-unstress-unstress pattern). Rare meter with falling, decelerating rhythm. Difficult to sustain. Compare with rising meters for contrasting energy. More common in classical prosody.

Palimbacchic pentameter: A meter where the predominant foot is the Palimbacchius (–∪–), applied over five metrical feet in a line; very rare and rhythmically heavy, as the Palimbacchius is an unfamiliar and complex foot.
Also Known As
Long-long-short pentameter Reversed-anapest five-foot Palimbacchic pentameter bacchic-reversed pentameter inverted bacchius pentameter
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