Gk. " spondê." A spondee fills the same metrical space as a dactyl, except that the arsis has a long syllable instead of two shorts: .

a metrical foot consisting of a pair of stressed syllables ("Dead set").

a metrical unit with stressed-stressed syllables

a foot consisting of two stressed syllables (" dead set "), but is not a sustained metrical foot and is used mainly for variety or emphasis

a metrical foot used in formal poetry

a two-syllabled foot with two long syllables (--), while a trochee has a short second syllable (-

A metrical foot of two syllables, both of which are long (or stressed).

A foot consisting of two long or stressed syllables e.g. as in 'PANCAKE'.

In poetry, a spondee is a metrical foot consisting of two long (ie stressed) syllables. This makes it a unique type of foot in English verse as all the other feet contain at least one unstressed syllable.

Spondee is the title of a piece composed by IDM duo Matmos. It is the third track on their 2001 album "A Chance To Cut Is A Chance To Cure." The piece revolves around audio samples from a hearing test: a woman's voice reciting two-syllable words, stressing both syllables.