What is a spondee?

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Spon·dee  from the Free Dictionary

(spŏn′dē′)

n.

A metrical foot consisting of two long or stressedsyllables.

[Middle English sponde, from Old French spondee, fromLatin spondēum, from neuter of spondēus, of libations,spondaic, from Greek spondeios, from spondē, libation(from its use in songs performed at libations); see spend-in Indo-European roots.]
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