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Trochaic
tetrameter. BY the SHORES of GITCHe-
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GUmee / BY the
SHINing BIG-sea-Water
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This is trochaic
tetrameter with the last syllable
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added. You’ll recall that Blake’s “The Tyger”
had
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the last
syllable of the line omitted (“Tyger!
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Tyger! Burning
bright”). The example here is a
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much more
sing-song rhythm as a result of
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having that
final syllable.
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