A foot of two syllables, the first long and the second short, as in the Latin word ante, or the first accented and the second unaccented, as in the English word motion; a choreus.
A foot (pair of syllables) containing a stressed syllable followed by an unstressed one. A trochee is the reverse of an iamb. The word " scoring" is a trochee.
a metrical foot consisting of a stressed syllable followed by an unstressed one ("Homer").
a metrical unit with stressed-stressed-unstressed syllables
a foot in poetry where the emphasis falls on the first syllable
TROCHAIC (troh-KAY-ick) A metrical foot with a long or accented syllable followed by a short or unaccented syllable, as in ON-ly or TO-tal, or the opening line of Poe's " The Raven:" ONCE up- | ON MID-night | DREAR WHILE PON-dered, | WEAK and | WEAR Sidelight: In English poetry, trochaic verse in long poems is infrequent since it can produce a monotonous effect, but this problem is avoided in short poems such as William Blake's " The Lamb," and " Tyger! Tyger!" Sidelight: In a trochaic line of verse, the last syllable is often omitted to end the line with an accented syllable. A line thus shortened is termed catalectic.(See also Meter, Rhythm)
A metrical foot consisting of an accented and an unaccented syllable, as in the word "happy". The trochee is often used as the meter for the supernatural.
A metrical foot of two syllables, one long (or stressed) and one short (or unstressed). An easy way to remember the trochee is to memorize the first line of a lighthearted poem by Samuel Taylor Coleridge, which demonstrates the use of various kinds of metrical feet: " Tro chee/ trips from/ long to/ short." (The stressed syllables are in bold.) The trochee is the reverse of the iamb.
A foot consisting of two syllables where the first one is long or stressed and the second is short or unstressed e.g. as in 'FALLing'.
A trochee or choree, choreus, is a metrical foot used in formal poetry. It consists of a stressed syllable followed by an unstressed one.