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... TROCHEE ( — ~ ) ROBERT FROST The third option reverses the iambic foot from to " Happy , " " token , " " over " are examples of this foot ( the trochee ) . Trochees are so common at the beginning of iambic lines that we hardly feel them ...
... TROCHEE ( — ~ ) ROBERT FROST The third option reverses the iambic foot from to " Happy , " " token , " " over " are examples of this foot ( the trochee ) . Trochees are so common at the beginning of iambic lines that we hardly feel them ...
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... trochee . Even Jefferson , in so many ways willing to declare his indepen- dence , did not easily go along with it . Of the reversed foot in Milton's To do aught good never will be our task , he says , " it has not a good effect ...
... trochee . Even Jefferson , in so many ways willing to declare his indepen- dence , did not easily go along with it . Of the reversed foot in Milton's To do aught good never will be our task , he says , " it has not a good effect ...
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... TROCHEE We have already noticed the trochee ( - ) as an option in the iambic line . It can also constitute a rhythm by itself . The word means running or speedy . Certain common phrases fall into trochaic patterns : " bread and būtter ...
... TROCHEE We have already noticed the trochee ( - ) as an option in the iambic line . It can also constitute a rhythm by itself . The word means running or speedy . Certain common phrases fall into trochaic patterns : " bread and būtter ...
Common terms and phrases
accent alliteration Anthology beauty begins better bird blue body breath called close cold color comes dark dead death deep dreams earth effect emotion English example express eyes face fall feel feet fields flowers four Frost girl give green hair hand head hear heard heart holds human images John keep kind language leaves light lines live look meaning metaphor mind moon mouth move nature never night objects once pass play poem poet poetry rain rhyme rhythm Robert rose seems sense SHAKESPEARE shape sing sometimes song sound speech stand stanza sweet syllables symbol tell thee things thou thought trees turn verse vowel walk wind words writing Yeats young