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Proceleusmatic trimeter

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 three-foot line of proceleusmatic feet (four short syllables each)

Detailed Definition
Proceleusmatic trimeter is a three-foot line of proceleusmatic meter (twelve short syllables total), used occasionally in Aeolic and Ionic lyric poetry for its rapid, flowing rhythm; its rarity underscores the specialized contexts in which such light, unstressed meters were deployed for musical or dramatic effect in antiquity.
Example
Example in poetry:
Proceleusmatic trimeter: Three proceleusmatic feet per line (u u u u x3 = 12 short syllables); again, a metrical curiosity more relevant to classical theory than practice.
Additional Notes
Three-foot line using proceleusmatic feet. Contains twelve short syllables. Difficult to achieve in English stress patterns. Study classical prosody applications.
Also Known As
Four-short trimeter All-unstressed three-foot Rapid brief line Quick trimeter
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