catalexis and acatalexis

catalexis and acatalexis

      in prosody, an omission or incompleteness in the last foot of a line or other unit in metrical verse and, conversely, the metrical completeness of such a unit.

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  • Acatalectic — An acatalectic line of verse is one having the metrically complete number of syllables in the final foot. The term is arguably of limited significance or utility, at least by comparison to its antonym, catalectic, for the simple reason that… …   Wikipedia

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