Meaning ACATALECTIC
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ACATALECTIC


A "normal" line of poetry with the expected number of syllables in each line, as opposed to a catalectic line (which is missing an expected syllable) or a hypercatalectic line (which [..]
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ACATALECTIC


A complete metrical line - as opposed to a catalectic or truncated line.  
Source: poetsgraves.co.uk

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ACATALECTIC


(n) (prosody) a line of verse that has the full number of syllables(adj) (verse) metrically complete; especially having the full number of syllables in the final metrical foot
Source: beedictionary.com





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