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hypermetrical
hyperˈmetrical, a. Pros. [f. as prec. + -al1.] = prec. 1.1751 Johnson Rambler No. 88 ¶15 Milton frequently uses..the hypermetrical or redundant line of eleven syllables. 1871 Public Sch. Lat. Gram. 466 Hypermetrical verses were introduced by Ennius, probably..from his misapprehending Homer. 1886 J. ...
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Amphibrach
The amphibrach is also often used in ballads and light verse, such as the hypermetrical lines of Sir John Betjeman's poem "Meditation on the A30" (1966
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Syllabic verse
When it falls at the end of a line, the mute "e" is hypermetrical (outside the count of syllables).
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redundant
redundant, a. and n. (rɪˈdʌndənt) [ad. L. redundant-em, pple. of redundāre to redound.] A. adj. 1. a. Superabundant, superfluous, excessive.1604 R. Cawdrey Table Alph., Redundant, ouerflowing, or abounding too much. 1642 Fuller Holy & Prof. St. iii. xv. 190 An Heteroclite in Nature, with some member...
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Cygnus X (music group)
Their releases "Positron" and "Hypermetrical" became also well known hits of the genre. " (1993) - UK #33 in 2001
"Positron" (1993)
"The Orange Theme" (1994) - UK #43 in 2000
"Kinderlied" (1995)
"Turn Around" (1995)
"Synchronism" (1995)
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extra-
extra-, prefix (ˈɛkstrə) The L. adv. and prep. extrā (see prec.) does not, strictly speaking, occur in composition during the classical period, though post-classically it formed a few vbs. like extrāclūdĕre to shut out, extrāvagārī to wander outside (whence extravagant). Classical L. had however the...
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Hildebrandslied
An example of the latter is the repetition of darba gistuotun in l. 26b, which is hypermetrical and gives no sense – the copyist's eye must have been drawn The phrase quad hiltibrant ("said Hildebrand") in lines 49 and 58 (possibly line 30 also) breaks the alliteration and seems to be a hypermetrical scribal
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hyper-
hyper-, prefix (haɪpə(r)) repr. Gr. ὑπερ- (ὑπέρ prep. and adv., ‘over, beyond, over much, above measure’); in Gr. combined adverbially with verbs, in the local sense ‘over, above, beyond’, as ὑπερβαίνειν to step over, overstep, cross, ὑπερβάλλειν to throw over or beyond; and hence in the adjectives ...
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French poetry
When it falls at the end of a line, the mute "e" is hypermetrical (outside the count of syllables). ); the mute e at the end of "qui m'aime" is hypermetrical (this is a so-called "feminine rhyme").
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