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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Mostly. That line could be in an iambic
tetrameter verse, but it contains one metrical variation. It actually
scans as:</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>iamb, iamb, trochee, iamb</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>(da-DUM, da-DUM; DUM-da, da DUM)</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>This is a very common variation, useually at the
beginning of a line or (as here) right after a pause halfway through the
line. This pause is called a ceasura. The substitution is called a
trochaic inversion. There's one after the ceasura in the following
line:</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>To be, or not to be. That is the
question.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>(da-DUM, da-DUM, da-DUM. DUM-da,
da-DUM-da)</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Note also the feminine ending on the last
foot.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Robin of Gilwell / Jay Rudin</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV>
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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial">----- Original Message ----- </DIV>
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style="BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; FONT: 10pt arial; font-color: black"><B>From:</B>
<A title=gottfriedsbk@sbcglobal.net
href="mailto:gottfriedsbk@sbcglobal.net">GottfriedSBK</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A title=bards@ansteorra.org
href="mailto:bards@ansteorra.org">Ansteorran Bardic list</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Thursday, November 25, 2004 8:32
AM</DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Re: [Bards] Need help with
formats</DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Iambic tetrameter would be:</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>he came, he saw, conquered, the end.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>True?</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Gottfried</FONT></DIV></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML>