Sponde

"Sponde" can refer to various concepts depending on the context, but it is most commonly known in the realm of poetry. In poetic terms, a "spondee" (often shortened to "sponde") is a metrical foot consisting of two stressed syllables. It contrasts with other metrical feet, such as iambs (an unstressed syllable followed by a stressed syllable) and trochees (a stressed syllable followed by an unstressed syllable).