Explore Spondees through 4 example sentences from English, with an explanation of the meaning. Ideal for language learners, writers and word enthusiasts.
Spondees meaning
plural of spondee
Using Spondees
- The main meaning on this page is: plural of spondee
- In the example corpus, spondees often appears in combinations such as: of spondees, spondees in.
Context around Spondees
- Average sentence length in these examples: 29 words
- Position in the sentence: 0 start, 1 middle, 3 end
- Sentence types: 4 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Spondees
- In this selection, "spondees" usually appears near the end of the sentence. The average example has 29 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, two stand out and add context to how "spondees" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include feet are spondees the first and proportion of spondees in both. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "spondees" sits close to words such as aaai, aani and aarne, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with spondees
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
The third and fourth feet are spondees, the first of which is divided by the main caesura of the verse. (20 words)
One example of the evolution of the Latin verse form can be seen in a comparative analysis of the use of spondees in Ennius' time vs. the Augustan age. (29 words)
The repeated use of the heavily spondaic line came to be frowned upon, as well as the use of a high proportion of spondees in both of the first two feet. (31 words)
Structure The Aeneid, like other classical epics, is written in dactylic hexameter : each line consists of six metrical feet made up of dactyls (one long syllable followed by two short syllables) and spondees (two long syllables). (36 words)
The repeated use of the heavily spondaic line came to be frowned upon, as well as the use of a high proportion of spondees in both of the first two feet. (31 words)
One example of the evolution of the Latin verse form can be seen in a comparative analysis of the use of spondees in Ennius' time vs. the Augustan age. (29 words)
Example sentences (4)
One example of the evolution of the Latin verse form can be seen in a comparative analysis of the use of spondees in Ennius' time vs. the Augustan age.
Structure The Aeneid, like other classical epics, is written in dactylic hexameter : each line consists of six metrical feet made up of dactyls (one long syllable followed by two short syllables) and spondees (two long syllables).
The repeated use of the heavily spondaic line came to be frowned upon, as well as the use of a high proportion of spondees in both of the first two feet.
The third and fourth feet are spondees, the first of which is divided by the main caesura of the verse.
Common combinations with spondees
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- of spondees 2×
- spondees in 2×