dactyl Tags
A three-syllable foot where the first syllable is stressed and the last two syllables are unstressed.
Scansion Overview
What is scansion? A system of scansion is a way to mark the metrical patterns of a line of poetry. In classical poetry, these patterns are based on the different lengths of each vowel sound, and in English poetry, they are...
Also tagged: amphibrach, anapest, antibaccius, bacchius, cretic, iamb, molossus, pyrrhic, scansion, spondee, tribrach, trochee, iambic pentameter
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