Arsis and thesis
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Arsis and thesis is a phrase in musical composition, where a point being inverted, is said to move per arsin et thesin; that is, it rises in one part, and falls in another, or vice versa.
In prosody, it refers to the accented and unaccented parts of a poetic foot.
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- This article incorporates content from the 1728 Cyclopaedia, a publication in the public domain. [1]
