Associations to the word «Amphibrach»

Wiktionary

AMPHIBRACH, noun. (prosody) A metrical foot in ancient Greek or Latin consisting of two short syllables surrounding one long one (e.g. amāta).
AMPHIBRACH, noun. (prosody) A metrical foot in modern prosody, consisting of three syllables, the middle one of which is stressed (e.g. Jamaica).

Dictionary definition

AMPHIBRACH, noun. A metrical unit with unstressed-stressed-unstressed syllables (e.g., `remember').

Wise words

The most important things are the hardest things to say. They are the things you get ashamed of because words diminish your feelings - words shrink things that seem timeless when they are in your head to no more than living size when they are brought out.
Stephen King