Adonic


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Adonic

(əˈdəʊnɪk)
adj
1. (Poetry) (in classical prosody) of or relating to a verse line consisting of a dactyl ( ̄ ̆ ̆) followed by a spondee ( ̄ ̄) or by a trochee ( ̄ ̆), thought to have been first used in laments for Adonis
2. of or relating to Adonis
n
(Poetry) an Adonic line or verse
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Noun 1. Adonic - a verse line with a dactyl followed by a spondee or trochee; supposedly used in laments by Adonis
verse line, verse - a line of metrical text
Adj. 1. Adonic - or relating to or like Adonis
2. Adonic - having a rhythm consisting of a dactyl followed by a spondee or a trochee; "the verse of the laments is Adonic"
rhythmic, rhythmical - recurring with measured regularity; "the rhythmic chiming of church bells"- John Galsworthy; "rhythmical prose"
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Above all, he focuses on the group of five syllables that makes up the Adonic colon ([TEXT NOT REPRODUCIBLE IN ASCII]), the last syllable of which could be long or short in classical verse but in its German adaptation by Klopstock, Holderlin, and Goethe was always short (i.e.
Halfte des Lebens': Versuch uber Holderlins Poetik
(46) O'Donnell 1984, ad loc: "hemiepes + adonic with diaeresis."
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