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Catalectic, Catalexis
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Catalectic, Catalexis (Poetry) 
A term applied to a line of verse which is metrically incomplete due to the omission of one or two of the ending unaccented syllables of the final foot.
Sidelight: In versification, poets sometimes use catalexis in lines of trochaic and dactylic verse to achieve a final accented syllable for a strong close or a rhyme, as did William Blake in the poem, "Tyger! Tyger!"
(Compare Acatalectic, Acephaly, Hypercatalectic)
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