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Antispastic two-foot

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 dimeter form in which each foot follows the short-long-long-short pattern.

Detailed Definition
Antispastic two-foot defines a dimeter line formed by two antispastic feet (— ∪ ∪), resulting in a brief, highly stylized metrical unit that is exceptionally rare in English poetry; its brevity and unusual stress pattern make it suitable for epigrammatic or experimental verse, where the poet seeks to disrupt normative rhythm and evoke a sense of classical or artificial diction.
Example
Example in poetry:
Antispastic two-foot: found in some classical lyric fragments showing trochaic substitutions; Short bursts with unexpected stress shifts to surprise the reader; Contemporary poets sometimes employ it for rhythmic variety in short poems.
Additional Notes
Antispastic two-foot, or antispastic dimeter, is a line with two antispasts; remember, the foot is less common than iambs or trochees and often appears in classical drama's choral sections.
Also Known As
Dimeter antispast Two-foot antispastic Antispastic dimeter
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