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| Al·ca·ic [ al káy ik ] |
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containing four four-foot lines: describes lyric poetry written in the metrical form of a stanza of four lines, each containing four feet
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noun (plural Al·ca·ics) |
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poetry type: a lyric poem or line written in the Alcaic form
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often used in the plural
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| [Mid-17th century. < late Latin alcaicus< Greek Alkaios "Alcaeus," lyric poet credited with inventing the form] |
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