Friday, June 23, 2006

Webbed Foot

As covered earlier, the iamb goes da DUM.

The trochee goes DUM da.



Well, here's a new one...the Dactyl, a foot with three syllables like a duck with 3 toes...it goes:

DUM da da

EL o quent

EL e phant



By the way, the accented/stressed syllable is called the 'ictus.'


And the unstressed syllable is called the 'slack.'