Amphibrachic monometer
An amphibrachic foot (known as an amphibrach) has a short syllable followed by a long syllable followed by a short syllable (SLS or U/U).
Monometer is one foot per line.
Example
We couldn’t find any examples of amphibrachic monometer – that’s not to say it doesn’t exist, but it certainly seems that amphibrachs are happier when they come in threes (trimeter) or fours (tetrameter).
However, here’s a list of amphibrachic words and phrases. Read the list out loud and you will gain a good impression of what amphibrachic monometer would sound like!
Accorded
A soldier
Awarded
Beholden
Condition
Concerning
Degraded
Derision
Disgraceful
Distinction
Disruption
Distasteful
Distorted
I hold it
In raptures
It’s fractured
My feelings
Persuaded
Recorded
Regardless
Related
Reordered
Reported
Repulsive
Subjective
Selective
The horses
Unfettered
Voracious
A closer look at the foot in a couple of these words and phrases
U = short syllable; / = long syllable; | = division between feet