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A pyrrhic ((ギリシア語:πυρρίχιος) ''pyrrichios'', from πυρρίχη ''pyrrichē'') is a metrical foot used in formal poetry. It consists of two unaccented, short syllables.〔 Harry Rusche, ''A Handbook of Terms for Discussing Poetry,'' Emory University Department of English () Last accessed 20 December 2006 〕 It is also known as a dibrach. ==Poetic use in English== Tennyson used pyrrhics and spondees quite frequently, for example, in ''In Memoriam'': When the blood creeps and the nerves prick. "When the" and "and the" in the second line may be considered as pyrrhics (also analyzable as ionic meter). Pyrrhics alone are not used to construct an entire poem due to the monotonous effect.〔"Rhythm, Meter, and Scansion Made Easy," Riverdale School, () Last accessed 20 December 2006 〕 Poe observed that many experts rejected it from English metrics and concurred: The pyrrhic is rightfully dismissed. Its existence in either ancient or modern rhythm is purely chimerical, and the insisting on so perplexing a nonentity as a foot of two short syllables, affords, perhaps, the best evidence of the gross irrationality and subservience to authority which characterise our Prosody.〔Poe, "(The Rationale of Verse )"〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Pyrrhic」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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