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hypercatalectic
[hahy-per-kat-l-ek-tik]
adjective
(of a line of verse) containing an additional syllable after the last dipody or foot.
hypercatalectic
/ ˌɪəˌæəˈɛɪ /
adjective
prosody (of a line of verse) having extra syllables after the last foot
51Թ History and Origins
Origin of hypercatalectic1
Example Sentences
French Alexandrines are arranged in couplets, alternately acatalectic with masculine rhymes, and hypercatalectic with feminine rhymes.
The normal line of which these quatrains are composed is a thirteen-syllabled one divided by a central pause, so that the first half is an iambic dimeter catalectic, and the second an iambic dimeter hypercatalectic.
The rhythm of the lines is marked, the effect upon the ear being quite like that of English iambic pentameters hypercatalectic.
Knowing this, we can detect the hypercatalectic and catalectic lines.
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