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Definition of: sprung rhythm

In prosody, a rhythm involving feet of varying number of syllables but of equal time length, the stress usually falling on the first syllable: a term coined by Gerard Manley Hopkins.

Phrases starting with the letter: A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z

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