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	Amphibrach - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		An amphibrach is a metrical foot used in Latin and Greek prosody.
		It consists of a long syllable between two short syllables.
		In English, stress-based poetry an amphibrach is a stressed syllable surrounded by two unstressed syllables.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Amphibrach (130 words)

	CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA: Syriac Hymnody
		The chief basis of Syriac metre is fixed number of syllables of the verses, without distinction of long and short syllables, as in several modern languages.
		Verses of all lengths from two to twelve are known, but the metres most used in hymnody are verses of twelve syllables formed of three equal measures (4+4+4), verses of seven syllables formed of two measures (4+3 or 3+4), and verses of five syllables also formed of two measures (2+3 or 3+2).
		A strophe is generally composed of equal verses, but it sometimes happens that the first of the last verse is in a different measure from the other verses of the strophe.
	www.newadvent.org /cathen/14407a.htm (1250 words)

	RHYTHM (Greek pvBµds, ... - Online Information article about RHYTHM (Greek pvBµds, ...
		BEAT (a word common in various forms to the Teutonic languages; it is connected with the similar Romanic words derived from the Late Lat.
		ordinary speech there is an important difference between long syllables and short; but it is not naturally regulated by an exact rhythm, and the art by which it is organized in verse admits (or indeed demands) considerable freedom on the See also:
		case, if a chorus is to sing well together, the contrast between short and long syllables must be placed on an arithmetical basis, the simpler the better.
	encyclopedia.jrank.org /RHY_RON/RHYTHM_Greek_pvBds_from_bap_to_.html (6120 words)

	definition of measure (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		The group or grouping of beats, caused by the regular recurrence of accented beats.
		The manner of ordering and combining the quantities, or long and short syllables; meter; rhythm; hence, a foot; as, a poem in iambic measure.
		A number which is contained in a given number a number of times without a remainder; as in the phrases, the common measure, the greatest common measure, etc., of two or more numbers.
	www.brainydictionary.com /words/me/measure188647.html (460 words)

	The Star Wars Name Gazetteer & Compendium (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		Rakaa's native language is a short, fast, babbling type of communication, were most words have more than one meaning, but the wide majority of the vocabulary are monosyllables, Heavy on: L's, D's, R's and vowels, Ex: Lud Chud
		-___, names are in the form of a long, run together string of three syllables (separated by hyphens), with the first syllable representing the given name, the second being the father's given name, and the third is a family name.
		Due to the dualistic properties [most words have two or more meanings] of Twi'lek grammar, they are often grouped with a syllable carryover effect (as in Billclin'ton, pronounced "bilclin" pause "ton").
	www.the-chaos-crew.com /swrpg/gm/resource/gazetteer.htm (6366 words)

	Poetry
		(eg, alternate 5 syllable lines w/ 6 syllable lines and use stress as embellishment only).
		Number of syllables varies (e.g., 3-4 unstressed syllables go as quickly as 1 or 2).
		"quantitative" measures length of syllables (feet are measured by patterns of long and short syllables)
	www.reitnour.com /id33.htm (5627 words)

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