Weak Position (poetry)
In the analysis of poetic meter, weak position is either of two things:
- In classical Greek and Latin scholarship, a short vowel is in "weak position" if the surrounding consonants would have permitted the syllable containing it to be pronounced either long or short.
- A syllable is in "weak position" if it is expected to be unstressed based on its metrical context.
Read more about Weak Position (poetry): Vowels in Weak Position, Syllables in Weak Position
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