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An adonic is a unit of Aeolic verse, a five-syllable metrical foot consisting of a dactyl followed by a spondee. The last line of a Sapphic stanza is an adonic.

External links

http://saysomethingwonderful.blogspot.com/2005/06/spot-adonic-etc.html Say Something Wonderful: Spot the Adonic

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Poetic form