alytical practical grammar - Toronto Public Library

228 ENGLISH GRAMMAR.
of three, trimeter; of four, tetrameter; of five, pentamcier; of six,
hCJ'ameter; of seven, heptameter.
1070. Scanlll:/lg is dividing a verse into the feet of which it is
composed.
1071. All feet in poetry are reducible to eight kinds; four of two
syllables, and four of three, as follows :-
I. FEET OF TWO SYLLABLES.
1. ~-\.Il Iambus ~ -; as, defend.
2. A Trochee - '"' ; as, noble.
3. A Spondee - -; as, vain man.
4. A Pyrrhic ~ '-' ; as, on :\ (lilll).
II. FEET OF THREE SYLLABLES.
1. An Anapxst '-' v - ; as, Intercede.
2. A Dactyl - _ v; as, durable.
3. An Amphibrach 1.1 - v; as, abundant.
4 .• t Tribach ~ - '-'; as, (tol)erable.
1072. Of all these, the principal are the Iambns, T"ochee, A 1/(/-
1)(1':;/, and Dactyl.
The other four feet are used chiefly in connection
with these, in order to give variety to the measure.
1073. A T,."chre has the first syllable accented, anl! the last uuaccented;
as, "D/tli!, miisic.
1074. An Iambus has the first syllable unftccented, and the last
accented; as, (idore, di'ji:ml.
1075. A SpollClee has both the words or syllables accented; as,
" i'a"in nl,(fn."
1076. A Pyt'lhic has both the words or syllables unaccented; as,
"un a (hill)."
1077. A Duclyl has the first syllable accented, and the two last
unaccented; as, 'l"trtll,!lIs.
107S. An A mphill/'ach has the firilt and the last syllable unaccented,
and the middle one accented; as, cilnti!ntment.
1079. An A naprest has the two first syllables unaccented, and the
last accented; as, lldircede.
1080. A Tribrach has all its syllables unaccented; nmn I ldibll.
10Sl. A verse is usually named from the name of the foot which
predominates in it; thus, Iambic, T'l"ochaic, &c.
I. IAMBIC VERSE
1082. An iambic verse consists of iambuses, and consequently
has the accent on the second, fourth, sixth, &c., syllables. It has
different metres, iii follows: