Here's why:
* Spondee: A spondee is a metrical foot in poetry consisting of two stressed syllables.
* Symbolism: In poetic analysis, the following symbols are used to represent stressed and unstressed syllables:
* –: Stressed syllable
* u: Unstressed syllable
Therefore, a spondee, with its two stressed syllables, is represented as ––.
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