0 in poetry, having a rhythm of two long or strong syllables:
He explained that heroic verse was originally spondaic because the founders of the nations possessed slow minds and slow tongues.
This poem stands firmly in spondaic form.
the monosyllabic, spondaic weight of the language
A spondaic substitution in such a context stands out very prominently.
John Williams' theme, with its menacingly brutal, spondaic rhythm was part of the soundtrack.
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