TANgled UP in BLUE
In the title and refrain of Dylan's "Tangled Up in Blue,"
the stresses seem absolutely clear:
TANgled UP in BLUE
but what would you call this pattern?
If one goes to iambic by default,
you could say its an anacrusis of iambic trimeter,
or a catalexis of trochaic trimeter.
But I'm looking for something closer to an amphimacer (XxX)
but for a five syllable line (XxXxX)? Is there such a term?
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