Cretic
A cretic (also Cretic, amphimacer and sometimes paeon diagyios) is a metrical foot containing three syllables: long, short, long. In Greek poetry, the cretic was usually a form of paeonic or aeolic verse. However, any line mixing iambs and trochees could employ a cretic foot as a transition. In other words, a poetic line might have two iambs and two trochees, with a cretic foot in between ( -' -' '-' '- '-).
For Romance language poetry, the cretic has been a common form in folk poetry, whether in proverbs or tags (e.g., in English, "See ya' lat'r, alligator/ In a while, crocodile"). Additionally, some English poets have responded to the naturally iambic nature of English and the need for a trochaic initial substitution to employ a cretic foot. That is, it is commonplace for English poetry to employ a trochee in the first position of an otherwise iambic line, and some poets have consciously worked with cretic lines and fully cretic measures. English Renaissance songs employed cretic dimeter fairly frequently (e.g. "Shall I die? Shall I fly?" attributed to William Shakespeare). Because the cretic, in stress-based prosody, is natural for a comparison or antithesis, it is well suited to advertising slogans and adages.
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Bade Se Shehar Mein Chhote Chhote Ghar Mein
by: KartikAankhon Se Bachaakar, Lo Rakho Chhupaakar
Pyaar Ko Kabhi Kisi Ki Najar Na Lage
Chaand Ko Churaakar, Maathe Pe Sajaakar
Haule Chalna Raat Ko Khabar Na Lage
Sitaare Dhund Laaye Hai, Andheron Pe Sajaaye Hai
Jaise Diwaali Ki Ho Raat Jindagi..
(Bade Se Shehar Mein Chhote Chhote Ghar Mein
Itani Yeh Khushiya Bolo Rakh De Kahaan
Pyaar Muskuraahat Sapano Ki Aahat, Jo Bhi Maanga Mil Gaya) 2
Aajkal Ik Nanhe Mehmaan Se Baatein Karu Khwaabon Mein
Dono Kahaaniya Banaate, Jhuti Sachchi Hai Bataate
Maine Kal Usase Kahaan Yaar Abb Aa Bhi Jaao Ghar Kabhi
Bheegne Se Na Tum Darna, Khushiyon Ki Hai Barsaatein
Sitaare Dhund Laaye Hai, Andheron Pe Sajaaye Hai
Jaise Diwaali Ki Ho Raat Jindagi..
Na Na Na Naare Na Na Na Na Na Naare......, Jo Bhi Maanga Mil Gaya
Bade Se Shehar Mein Chhote Chhote Ghar Mein
Itani Yeh Khushiya Bolo Rakh De Kahaan
Pyaar Muskuraahat Sapano Ki Aahat, Jo Bhi Maanga Mil Gaya
Aankhon Se Bachaakar, Lo Rakho Chhupaakar
Pyaar Ko Kabhi Kisi Ki Najar Na Lage
Chaand Ko Churaakar, Maathe Pe Sajaakar
Haule Chalna Raat Ko Khabar Na Lage
Sitaare Dhund Laaye Hai, Andheron Pe Sajaaye Hai
Jaise Diwaali Ki Ho Raat Jindagi..
(Bade Se Shehar Mein Chhote Chhote Ghar Mein
Itani Yeh Khushiya Bolo Rakh De Kahaan
Pyaar Muskuraahat Sapano Ki Aahat, Jo Bhi Maanga Mil Gaya) 2