Note how the fourth line
begins with a spondee, or two-syllable foot in which both syllables are
accented. |
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Also, there are four
accented syllables but only three unaccented syllables. This is common, since it prevents the poems
from being too “sing-songy.” The meter here would be trochaic tetrameter
(four beats), even though the unaccented syllables at the end are missing. |
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