"For all I know, every iamb dreams of becoming a trochee" breaks me up. Congrats to Bob Mezey for managing to retain a sense of humor here!
Gregory, yes, I'm kind of astounded the discussion continued in the midst of 9-11. I certainly wasn't aware of this thread at all, and there's good information in it.
In view of the telescoping of time in these threads, why not:
for HOURS the CONvoys had ROLLED BY
Sigh. Not that I have trouble pronouncing it with a stress on "had." But ROLLED BY seems to have more pathos.
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