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Antispastic 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 antispasts, creating syncopated, complex rhythm

Detailed Definition
Antispastic pentameter is a five-foot line composed of antispastic units (–uu–), blending trochaic and iambic impulses; though rare, it appears in scholarly reconstructions of Greek lyric and avant-garde verse exploring metrical hybridity and rhythmic tension.
Example
Example in poetry:
In the glossary’s pattern, an antispastic pentameter is built from five repeated long-short-short-long units: – u u – ×5; a schematic line may be marked “DĀ da da DĀR | DĀ da da DĀR | DĀ da da DĀR | DĀ da da DĀR | DĀ da da DĀR”; because English stress is not quantitative in the classical sense, poets usually approximate such feet through stress and duration rather than enforce them mechanically; compare the related choriambic rhythm, also often represented – u u –, in classical and accentual-syllabic adaptations; scanning should identify five recurring four-syllable units, while allowing natural speech to remain audible
Additional Notes
Five antispastic feet per line. Unusual meter creating balanced, rocking effect. Rarely sustained throughout poem. Complex rhythm challenges natural English speech patterns. More relevant to classical prosody.
Also Known As
Antispastic five-foot Short-long-long-short pentameter Bounded pentameter
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