Thread: A question about meter and scansion
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Originally Posted by Perry James View Post
I think that first foot is a dactyl. I consider dactyls to be illegal in IP always.
You won't like Dryden's Aeneid, then. It's in iambic pentameter and it starts with a dactyl.
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