Mr. M, your remarks raise a lot of questions for me, but I'll limit myself to just one for now. Why do you say this line has a feminine ending?:
Out WALKing IN the FROZen SWAMP one gray day
I didn't mark the last beat because I can't figure out where it belongs. It's as if "gray" and "day" were sharing a beat. But I can't see why "day" should be regarded as an unstressed, feminine ending. If "gray day" were "summer", then the feminine ending would be clear, but how can "gray day" substitute for a trochaic word like "summer"?
Thanks.
PS-- One other question. It seems that both Curtis and I "hear" lots of ionics in the Frost piece. Do you agree that there are many ionics? If so, does this mean that the IP is not "strict"? Or does strict IP include ionics?
Thanks.
[This message has been edited by Roger Slater (edited January 14, 2003).]
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