catalexis and acatalexis
catalexis and acatalexis, in prosody, an omission or incompleteness in the last foot of a line or other unit in metrical verse and, conversely, the metrical completeness of such a unit.
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Article Title:
catalexis and acatalexis
Website Name:
Encyclopaedia Britannica
Publisher:
Encyclopaedia Britannica, Inc.
Date Published:
17 September 1999
Access Date:
April 20, 2025