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Quantitative trochaic

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 trochaic foot defined by long-short in quantitative metres, as opposed to stress-based trochee.

Detailed Definition
Quantitative trochaic refers to a metrical system based on syllable length (long vs. short) rather than stress, where the trochaic foot consists of a long syllable followed by a short one; though central to classical Greek and Latin poetry (e.g., in the works of Seneca or Plautus), this system is largely alien to English, which relies on stress-based metrics, making quantitative trochaic relevant primarily in translations or scholarly reconstructions of ancient verse.
Example
Example in poetry:
Quantitative trochaic in Catullus’s Carmen 63 mimics drumbeats via long-short syllables; Not common in English, but Longfellow’s “Song of Hiawatha” approximates with stress-based trochees; Quantitative trochaic attempted by Robert Bridges in “Eros and Psyche”; Contemporary Latinists compose quantitative trochaic hymns for liturgical use
Additional Notes
Trochaic meter measured by syllable quantity not stress. Typical of classical verse. Compare with accentual-syllabic trochaic. Study Greek and Latin examples.
Also Known As
Long-short trochee Duration trochee Classical falling Time-based trochee
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