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sprung rhythm
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sprung rhythm
n.
A poetic rhythm designed to imitate the rhythm of speech, in which each foot has one stressed syllable, either standing alone or followed by a varying number of unstressed syllables.
[Coined by Gerard Manley Hopkins.]
sprung rhythm
n
(Literature / Poetry) Prosody a type of poetic rhythm characterized by metrical feet of irregular composition, each having one strongly stressed syllable, often the first, and an indefinite number of unstressed syllables
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Noun1.sprung rhythm - a poetic rhythm that imitates the rhythm of speech
poetic rhythm, rhythmic pattern, prosody - (prosody) a system of versification
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