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TROCHAIC (from Gr. rpoxalos, rpoxaixos; Lat. trochaeus)

This article appears in Volume V27, Page 298 of the Encyclopedia Britannica.

Encyclopedia Britannica - Main :: TOO-TUM
TROCHAIC (from Gr. rpoxalos, rpoxaixos; Lat. trochaeus) , the name of a metre very commonly used by the Greeks and Romans in their tragedies and comedies. Its characteristic foot is a trochee consisting of two syllables, one
long
 , one short (.,). The usual form, in which the Greeks employed the measure, was the trochaic tetrameter catalectic, the
scheme
  of which is as follows:-
The trochaic metre is rapid in
movement
  and breathless, and is generally used to depict strong emotions or to tell an exciting narrative. It is, however, very ciosely related to the
ordinary
  iambic metre; in fact, by subtracting the first foot and a half of the longer line, we find ourselves left with a pure iambic line as used by the tragedians.
In
modern
  times, the trochaic measure has been adopted by the prosody of England,
Germany
  and Scandinavia. The
swift
  and hurrying
movement
  of it, which we see reflected in its derivation, as the
Greek
  name is certainly to be traced backto the verb rpEXeiv, to run, has made it a favourite with o1'x lyrical poets. In the early
English
  writers on versification the foot is called a trocheus.


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