a metrical foot consisting of two accented syllables / ' ' / An example of a spondaic word is "hog-wild " The di-spondee / ' ' ' ' / is a Classical Greek and Latin metrical foot
A two syllable foot that is comprised of two accented syllables Usually this is done in poetry by using one syllable words (ie, rock, bird, snow) in a row This is the opposite of the anapestic foot