dactyl

(Dac-tyl) 2 syllables

Definition

noun. a metrical foot consisting of one stressed syllable followed by two unstressed syllables.

My teacher asked me to create a dactyl poem.

The poem uses a dactyl in every line.

foot; metric foot; poetic foot

dactyl

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