Antibacchius
| Disyllables | |
|---|---|
| ˘ ˘ | pyrrhic, dibrach |
| ˘ ¯ | iamb |
| ¯ ˘ | trochee, choree |
| ¯ ¯ | spondee |
| Trisyllables | |
| ˘ ˘ ˘ | tribrach |
| ¯ ˘ ˘ | dactyl |
| ˘ ¯ ˘ | amphibrach |
| ˘ ˘ ¯ | anapaest, antidactylus |
| ˘ ¯ ¯ | bacchius |
| ¯ ¯ ˘ | antibacchius |
| ¯ ˘ ¯ | cretic, amphimacer |
| ¯ ¯ ¯ | molossus |
| See main article for tetrasyllables. | |
An antibacchius is a rare metrical foot used in formal poetry.
In accentual-syllabic verse an antibacchius consists of two accented syllables followed by one unaccented syllable. Its opposite is a bacchius.
Example:
- Blind luck is
- loved more than
- hard thinking.
Referenced[]
- Anthon, C. (1844). A System of Latin Prosody and Metre, etc. Harper & Bros. p. 134. Retrieved 2021-04-29.
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